Jay Sarah, Nightingale Alastair, Bali Namrata, Ryklief Sahra, Adshead Maura
Centre for Social Issues Research University of Limerick Limerick Ireland.
Indian Academy for Self-Employed Women Ahmedabad India.
J Community Appl Soc Psychol. 2022 Nov-Dec;32(6):1016-1028. doi: 10.1002/casp.2615. Epub 2022 Jun 10.
Informal and unregulated work is the norm rather than the exception in emerging economies. This study was conducted in India where nine out of 10 women are occupied in informal, unregulated work, and are vulnerable to low-wages, exploitation, and interconnected cultural and social-economic injustices. The Self-Employed Women's Association (SEWA) and their education wing the Indian Academy of Self-Employed Women encourage their members to self-define as "self-employed workers" and facilitate identity-based worker education and leadership training. Drawing on insights from the Social Identity Approach to Learning and the New Psychology of Leadership this cross-sectional study ( = 300) explored if this shared social identity significantly predicted participants perceived identity-leadership ability. We further explored if this relationship was partially explained by SEWA norms, values, and beliefs, developed during learning, and measured as "awareness of gendered inequality", "injustice consciousness", and "collective efficacy". A parallel mediation analysis found a direct relationship between "self-employed women identity" and "identity-leader ability" and indirect relationships through "awareness of gendered inequality" and "collective efficacy". No indirect path was evident through "injustice consciousness". The theoretical and practical implications of an identity-based approach to worker education and leader training among vulnerable workers, are discussed.
在新兴经济体中，非正规和无监管的工作是常态而非例外。本研究在印度开展，该国十分之九的女性从事非正规、无监管的工作，容易遭受低工资、剥削以及相互关联的文化和社会经济不公正待遇。自雇妇女协会（SEWA）及其教育部门印度自雇妇女学院鼓励其成员将自己定义为“自雇工人”，并推动基于身份认同的工人教育和领导力培训。基于社会认同学习方法和新领导力心理学的见解，这项横断面研究（n = 300）探讨了这种共享的社会身份是否能显著预测参与者感知到的身份领导力能力。我们进一步探讨了这种关系是否部分由SEWA在学习过程中形成的规范、价值观和信念所解释，这些规范、价值观和信念通过“性别不平等意识”、“不公正意识”和“集体效能感”来衡量。一项平行中介分析发现，“自雇女性身份”与“身份领导力能力”之间存在直接关系，并且通过“性别不平等意识”和“集体效能感”存在间接关系。通过“不公正意识”没有明显的间接路径。本文讨论了在弱势工人中采用基于身份认同的方法进行工人教育和领导力培训的理论和实践意义。
