Social loafing under fatigue
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In two experiments, 64 male students worked almost continuously for 20 hours without sleep, under varying social conditions. In experiment 1, participants worked either individually or as a group. As hypothesized, performance deteriorated over time, especially in the group condition, which allowed participants to loaf. In experiment 2, all participants worked in groups. They were instructed that public feedback would be provided either on the group result only, or on the individual results of all group members. As expected, when individual results were made public, performance deteriorated less. Overall, the data suggest that fatigue increases social loafing. However, both individualizing the task, and providing public individual feedback seem to counteract these effects.
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TNO Identifier
9211
Source
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 75(5), pp. 1179-1190.
Collation
11 p.
Pages
1179-1190
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