A proposal for an integrated model of prosocial behavior and collective action as the expression of global citizenship.

The processes of globalization that have characterized recent decades have\r\nprompted social psychology to rethink some everyday life concerns and local\r\nproblems at a global level. This article presents an explanatory model of\r\ncollective action aimed at fighting poverty with a proposal to integrate the\r\nEncapsulated Model of Social Identity in Collective Action (EMSICA) with\r\nsome antecedents from both the psychology of volunteerism and authority\r\nrelationship literature. A self-report questionnaire was administered to 783\r\nItalian participants, and through structural equation modeling, we demonstrated\r\nthatmoral reasoning, engagement values, and prosocial disobedience\r\nfunction as antecedents of the EMSICA model and, thus, are elements in the\r\nglobal fight against poverty.