Walls between groups: Self-uncertainty, social identity, and intergroup leadership

IF 4 1区 社会学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL Journal of Social Issues Pub Date : 2023-03-21 DOI:10.1111/josi.12584
Michael A. Hogg
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Lowering barriers between polarized groups and the identity silos they inhabit can be challenging in times of crisis and uncertainty. This article overviews uncertainty-identity theory’s analysis of the motivational role played by self-uncertainty in group identification and group/intergroup behavior, and focuses on how self-uncertainty can motivate zealous identification with “extremist” groups and identities. People need a clear sense of who they are to understand the world and their place within it, and to plan action and anticipate others’ behavior. They strive to reduce self-uncertainty, and can achieve this by identifying with distinctive groups that have unambiguously defined social identities. Tumultuous social change can create identity threat, self-uncertainty, and alienation from and marginalization in society. To reduce self-uncertainty people zealously identify with ethnocentric, populist and xenophobic groups that are intolerant of dissent and have autocratic leaders—effectively building identity silos and walls between hyper-polarized groups. Under these circumstances breaking down walls to reconcile polarized and hostile groups and identities is a challenge. I close by outlining intergroup leadership theory, and its implications for building harmony between polarized identities—a particular form of leadership and identity messaging plays a key role.

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群体之间的墙:自我不确定性、社会认同和群体间领导力
在危机和不确定时期,降低两极分化群体之间的障碍和他们所居住的身份孤岛可能具有挑战性。本文概述了不确定性认同理论对自我不确定性在群体认同和群体/群体间行为中的激励作用的分析,并重点讨论了自我不确定性如何激发对“极端主义”群体和身份的热情认同。人们需要清楚地知道自己是谁,才能理解这个世界和自己在其中的位置,才能计划行动和预测他人的行为。他们努力减少自我的不确定性,可以通过认同具有明确定义的社会身份的独特群体来实现这一目标。动荡的社会变革会造成身份威胁、自我不确定性、社会异化和边缘化。为了减少自我不确定性,人们狂热地认同于种族中心主义、民粹主义和仇外群体,这些群体不容忍异见,并且有专制的领导人——有效地在高度两极分化的群体之间建立了身份孤岛和隔离墙。在这种情况下,打破墙壁以调和两极分化和敌对的群体和身份是一项挑战。最后,我概述了团队间领导理论,以及它对在两极分化的身份之间建立和谐的影响——一种特殊的领导形式和身份信息传递起着关键作用。
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期刊介绍: Published for The Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI), the Journal of Social Issues (JSI) brings behavioral and social science theory, empirical evidence, and practice to bear on human and social problems. Each issue of the journal focuses on a single topic - recent issues, for example, have addressed poverty, housing and health; privacy as a social and psychological concern; youth and violence; and the impact of social class on education.
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