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Measuring Collective Action Intention Toward Gender Equality Across Cultures

Bosak, Janine orcid logoORCID: 0000-0001-5701-6538 and Others (2024) Measuring Collective Action Intention Toward Gender Equality Across Cultures. European Journal of Psychological Assessment (EJPA) . ISSN 1015-5759

Abstract
Collective action is a powerful tool for social change and is fundamental to women and girls’ empowerment on a societal level. Collective action towards gender equality could be understood as intentional and conscious civic behaviors focused on social transformation, questioning power relations, and promoting gender equality through collective efforts. 5 Various instruments to measure collective action intentions have been developed, but to our knowledge none of the published measures were subject to invariance testing. We introduce the gender equality collective action intention (GECAI) scale and examine its psychometric isomorphism and measurement invariance, using data from 60 countries (N = 31,686). Our findings indicate that partial scalar measurement invariance of the GECAI scale permits conditional comparisons of latent mean GECAI scores across countries. Moreover, this metric psychometric isomorphism of the GECAI means we can interpret scores at the country–level (i.e., as a group attribute) conceptually similar to individual attributes. Therefore, our findings add to the growing body of literature on gender based collective action by introducing a methodologically sound tool to measure collective action intentions towards gender equality across cultures.
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Item Type:Article (Published)
Refereed:Yes
Uncontrolled Keywords:Collective action, gender equality, isomorphism, measurement invariance, cross–cultural psychology
Subjects:Business > Economic policy
Business > Management
Business > Personnel management
Business > Business ethics
Business > Industrial relations
DCU Faculties and Centres:DCU Faculties and Schools > DCU Business School
Publisher:Hogrefe
Official URL:https://econtent.hogrefe.com/doi/10.1027/1015-5759...
Copyright Information:Authors
ID Code:30703
Deposited On:27 Jan 2025 11:12 by Gordon Kennedy . Last Modified 27 Jan 2025 11:12
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