Relationships between social identity, perceived social justice and attitude towards participation in collective action

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to explore relationships between social identity, social justice perception and collective action. For this purpose, data were obtained from 265 females and 242 males in total 505 individuals who studied at eight universities selected by easy sampling method from seven regions of Turkey. The age range of participants is 18-32. The findings of the research showed that there are negative relationships between the sense of social justice and collective action and its sub-dimensions. It was found that the social justice perception of the participants whose prior identity is student, is positive. On the other hand participants who define themselves with political arguments have negative perception on social justice. The participants whose prior identity is Kurdish activist have tendency to participate in all kinds of collective actions either actions put legal responsibility on individuals or not. On the other side, it was found that, the individuals identify themselves as student and environmentalist have stood away from all kinds of actions. Furthermore the results revealed that individuals who priory define themselves as Kemalist, conservative and patriot have not any tendency to take collective actions that put legal responsibility on individuals. Finally, individuals who define themselves religious tend to participate actions that do not put legal responsibility on individuals.