What is social action anyway?

The best definition I've uncovered so far comes from Horvath (1999: 221):

Social action is participation in social issues to influence their outcome for the benefit of people and the community. Social action can, under favourable circumstances, produce actual empowerment, impact, or social change.

A legitimate question is: does social action at work differ from social action in one's home life, family life, or church life? Engaging in social issues at work is undeniably different--and perhaps risky when viewed as a type of disclosure. Multilevel theory implies that individuals clustered, whether by work group, function, or organization are apt to behave differently than individuals clustered in different ways.

REFERENCE
Horvath, P. (1999). The organization of social action. Canadian Psychology-Psychologie Canadienne, 40(3), 221-231.