Global citizenship identification and willingness to protest unethical corporations
by Stephen Reysen; Iva Katzarska-Miller; Shonda Gibson; Ida Mohebpour; Jennifer Flanagan
International Journal of Business and Globalisation (IJBG), Vol. 18, No. 4, 2017

Abstract: In two studies, we examined the association between global citizenship identification and willingness to protest a corporation. In Study 1, participants rated their degree of identification with global citizens, read about an ethical or unethical company, and rated willingness to protest the company. The results showed that identification with global citizens was positively associated with willingness to protest an unethical, but not ethical, company. In Study 2, participants read about an ingroup (or outgroup) company committing unethical actions against an ingroup (or outgroup) country. The results showed a general trend of highly identified global citizens endorsing willingness to protest. When the ingroup was harmed, low identified global citizens endorsed protest behaviours when an outgroup was the perpetrator, but not when an ingroup company caused harm. Together, the results support the notion that social justice, as reflected in willingness to protest, is a component of global citizen identity group content.

Online publication date: Tue, 06-Jun-2017

The full text of this article is only available to individual subscribers or to users at subscribing institutions.

 
Existing subscribers:
Go to Inderscience Online Journals to access the Full Text of this article.

Pay per view:
If you are not a subscriber and you just want to read the full contents of this article, buy online access here.

Complimentary Subscribers, Editors or Members of the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Business and Globalisation (IJBG):
Login with your Inderscience username and password:

Username:        Password:          Forgotten your password?

Want to subscribe?
A subscription gives you complete access to all articles in the current issue, as well as to all articles in the previous three years (where applicable). See our Orders page to subscribe.

If you still need assistance, please email subs@inderscience.com