How are social identities linked to self-conception and intergroup orientation? The moderating effect of implicit theories

• Main Authors: HONG, Ying-Yi, CHAN, Gloria, CHIU, Chi-Yue, WONG, Rosanna Y. M., HANSEN, Ian G., LEE, Sau-Lai, TONG, Jennifer Yuk-Yue, FU, Ho-Ying
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2003
• Subjects: social identification; intergroup orientation; self-conception; social identity; social groups; Personality and Social Contexts; Social Psychology
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/279; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/1278/viewcontent/Hong_etal__Social_ID_Self_Concept_JPSP2003.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Social identity approaches assume that social identification affects both self-conception and intergroup orientation. The authors contend that such social identification effects are accentuated when people hold a fixed view of human character and attribute immutable dispositions to social groups. To...