A clear in-group representative position enables decisive collective action.
Evidence
Now, contrast this lack of consensus and of leadership with the following interaction that occurred during a meeting between prisoners and guards on Day 5 of the study. Earlier that day, PBp had stolen a set of the guards’ keys and DMp, who had been elected as the prisoners’ representative was negotiating the return of the keys in return for certain concessions: Extract 3 DMp: We’re giving you the opportunity to avoid a one-to-one personal confrontation. — Stephen Reicher, S. Alexander Haslam, and Nick Hopkins, Social identity and the dynamics of…, 64
Categorization
- XREF: DMp as elected representative exercising authorized voice on behalf of prisoners connects to the reader’s interest in how leaders personify shared identity to make framing appear descriptive. — connects to: High-status group members need consensus on identity to act authoritatively. — Stephen Reicher, S. Alexander Haslam, and Nick Hopkins, Social identity and the dynamics of…, 52; Leaders lead by representing a consensus that shared identity makes possible. — Stephen Reicher, S. Alexander Haslam, and Nick Hopkins, Social identity and the dynamics of…, 67; Coordinated collective action requires others’ co-action, not just identification — John Drury and Rupert Brown and Roberto González and Daniel Miranda, Emergent social identity and observing…, 113 (+3 more)
Broader Connections
- Leaders lead by representing a consensus that shared identity makes possible.
#expands(0.82) — Stephen Reicher, S. Alexander Haslam, and Nick Hopkins, Social identity and the dynamics of…, 67 - Workers support board-level participation once representatives explain its directive power.
#exemplifies(0.78) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 2074 - Coordinated collective action requires others’ co-action, not just identification
#qualifies(0.75) — John Drury and Rupert Brown and Roberto González and Daniel Miranda, Emergent social identity and observing…, 113 - Groups are seen as groups when they act coherently toward goals
#expands(0.74) — Roderick M. Kramer, Geoffrey J. Leonardelli, Robert W. Livingston, Social Cognition, Social Identity, and…, 243 - Collective action still depends on physical in-person gathering.
#complicates(0.71) — Jenny Odell, How to Do Nothing, 601