Proactive Performance: A Context for Intergroup Contact

Jessica R. Abrams; Kellie Shaw-Playter; Benny LeMaster; Roger Willis; Stephanie Hoffman; Duval Bodden; Melanie Whitney

doi:10.1080/10646175.2011.617159

Proactive Performance: A Context for Intergroup Contact

Jessica R. Abrams, Kellie Shaw-Playter, Benny LeMaster, Roger Willis, Stephanie Hoffman, Duval Bodden, Melanie Whitney

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Abstract

Over the years, Allport's (1954) contact hypothesis has become the primary theoretical approach to intergroup contact, yet researchers are just now beginning to explore specific contact contexts. This article introduces proactive performance as a context for intergroup contact. Specifically, interACT, a collegiate performance troupe located at California State University, Long Beach, is used to demonstrate how proactive performance meets the requisite conditions of the contact hypothesis; i.e., promoting social change. Moreover, proactive performance is able to account for several important mediating and moderating variables in intergroup contact. With this in mind, this article is illustrative of praxis, or the intersection between theory and practice.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	319-335
Number of pages	17
Journal	Howard Journal of Communications
Volume	22
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/10646175.2011.617159
State	Published - Oct 2011
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

contact hypothesis
contact theory
identity
interACT
intergroup contact
prejudice
proactive performance

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Communication
Strategy and Management

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