Review of: "Emergency responders’ experiences of multi-agency working during the COVID-19 response in the UK: Social identity as part of the problem and part of the solution"

Sara Kreindler

doi:10.32388/baof5n

Abstract

Review of: "Emergency responders’ experiences of multi-agency working during the COVID-19 response in the UK: Social identity as part of the problem and part of the solution"

Highlights

The main area in which I’d like to see the paper strengthened is in its demonstration that social identity processes are at work
To make a novel contribution, it is not enough to rebrand these as social identity issues; it’s necessary to demonstrate that (1) social categorization and/or group identification are occurring, and not merely some interpersonal or non-social processes, and (2) invoking SIA concepts advances our understanding beyond what we would gain from an atheoretical, common-sense account of the observed phenomena
The study offers some tantalizing hints that SIA processes are at work – mostly in the reported use of collective language by some participants – but many of the themes could be interpreted as referring to interpersonal processes or issues that are more of a practical/operational than social nature

Summary

Introduction

The main area in which I’d like to see the paper strengthened is in its demonstration that social identity processes are at work. Review of: "Emergency responders’ experiences of multi-agency working during the COVID-19 response in the UK: Social identity as part of the problem and part of the solution"

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