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Social Loafing

Social Loafing is a social psychological phenomenon in which an individual exerts less effort when working collectively in a group than when working individually, resulting in reduced overall group performance.

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Many hands make light the work: The causes and consequences of social loafing.

Bibb Latané, Kipling D. Williams, Stephen G. Harkins · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · 1979 · 2.2K citations

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STUDIES OF INDIVIDUALISM-COLLECTIVISM: EFFECTS ON COOPERATION IN GROUPS.

John A. Wagner · Academy of Management Journal · 1995 · 1.1K citations

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Social Loafing and Collectivism: A Comparison of the United States and the People's Republic of China

P. Christopher Earley · Administrative Science Quarterly · 1989 · 913 citations

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Social Ostracism by Coworkers: Does Rejection Lead to Loafing or Compensation?

Kipling D. Williams, Kristin L. Sommer · Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin · 1997 · 668 citations

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Identifiability as a deterrant to social loafing: Two cheering experiments.

Kipling D. Williams, Stephen G. Harkins, Bibb Latané · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · 1981 · 537 citations

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Authors

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  1. SG
    Stephen G. Harkins

    Northeastern University, United States

    22 publications · 5K citations

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  2. SJ
    Steven J. Karau

    Southern Illinois University Carbondale, United States

    12 publications · 1.4K citations

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  3. KD
    Kipling D. Williams

    Purdue University West Lafayette, United States

    12 publications · 4K citations

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  4. KS
    Kate Szymanski

    Northeastern University, United States

    9 publications · 662 citations

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  5. BL
    Bibb Latané

    The Ohio State University, United States

    8 publications · 3.2K citations

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Institutions

287

  1. Northeastern University

    Boston, United States

    11 h-index

    15 publications

    1.8K citations

  2. Southern Illinois University Carbondale

    Carbondale, United States

    5 h-index

    6 publications

    307 citations

  3. Carnegie Mellon University

    Pittsburgh, United States

    5 h-index

    13 publications

    2.9K citations

  4. University of Arizona

    Tucson, United States

    4 h-index

    10 publications

    665 citations

  5. Virginia Commonwealth University

    Richmond, United States

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    399 citations

  6. Universidad del Noreste

    Tampico, Mexico

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    656 citations

  7. Michigan State University

    East Lansing, United States

    4 h-index

    11 publications

    646 citations

  8. University of Agder

    Kristiansand, Norway

    3 h-index

    7 publications

    193 citations

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  1. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

    26 publications · 5.7K citations

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  2. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

    PSPB · 10 publications · 1.6K citations

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  3. Group Dynamics Theory Research and Practice

    9 publications · 546 citations

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  4. Journal of Marketing Education

    JME · 6 publications · 727 citations

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  5. Small Group Research

    SGR · 6 publications · 661 citations

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