Social loafing and self-evaluation with an objective standard

A Theory of Social Comparison Processes

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

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Social Sciences, Organizational Behavior, Sociology +9

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

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The Ringelmann effect: Studies of group size and group performance

Alan G. Ingham, George Levinger, J. Graves et al. · Journal of Experimental Social Psychology · 1974 · 476 citations

Management, Organizational Behavior, Psychology +16

Effects of task difficulty and task uniqueness on social loafing.

Stephen G. Harkins, Richard E. Petty · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · 1982 · 443 citations

Social Sciences, Psychology, Social Psychology +13