What is Collective Efficacy

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Specific beliefs of members about collective capacities of a group or community to act and achieve. Learn more in: Community Networks: Infrastructure and Models for Therapeutic Support

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A group’s beliefs in their collective ability to accomplish a goal or complete a task. Learn more in: Synthesis and Application of Transformative Learning in Nonprofit Management

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An individual member’s sense of the group’s capability for task-focused work. Learn more in: Maximizing the Social Dynamics, Work Processes, and Target Outcomes of Learning Groups Online: A Pre-“Research Design” Exploration

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The ability of community members to control the behavior of other individuals within the community. Learn more in: Improving Police-Community Relations in the USA

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Shared beliefs and social norms encourage collective actions at the neighborhood and community level to achieve the shared desired goals, such as crime prevention. Learn more in: Sociocultural Inequalities and Economic Abuse in Intimate Partner Violence in Rural America