Performance among Individuals and Groups: The Implications of Parallel Research Traditions for Social Loafing

2001 ◽  
pp. 133-153
Author(s):  
James A. Shepperd
Keyword(s):  
Social Loafing ◽  
Research Traditions

Need for Cognition as a Moderator of Social Loafing

2000 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natalie A. Kerr ◽  
Brian N. Smith ◽  
Michael J. Markus ◽  
Mark F. Stasson
Keyword(s):  
Need For Cognition ◽  
Social Loafing

Structure, Logic, and Semantics in ad hoc Classification Schemes Applied to Web-Based Libraries in the Field of Education

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michèle Hudon ◽  
Sabine Mas ◽  
Dominique Gazo
Keyword(s):  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Knowledge Organization ◽  
Theoretical Research ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Classification Schemes ◽  
Research Traditions ◽  
Local Perspectives

This project focuses on a sample of six Web-based libraries in the field of Education. Our analysis explores structural, logic and semantic dimensions, supported by theoretical research in classification and in the area of personal document spaces organization, and by findings of previous analyses of Web directory structures. Our findings expand our understanding of how Web-based resources in education are organized, helping us determine whether categorization schemes and keywords reflect anything else than local perspectives and systems, while bringing together two research traditions issued respectively from knowledge organization and from document and records management.Ce projet est axé sur un échantillon de six bibliothèques sur le Web dans le domaine de l’éducation. Notre analyse explore les dimensions structurelles, logiques et sémantiques, corroborée par la recherche théorique en classification et dans le domaine de l’organisation des espaces documentaires personnels, et par les résultats d’analyses préliminaires de la structure des répertoires Web. Nos résultats développent notre compréhension sur la manière dont les ressources Web en éducation sont organisées, nous aidant ainsi à déterminer… 

Teaching About Social Loafing

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 34-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph Seltzer
Keyword(s):  
Social Loafing

Equity in Effort: The "Sucker Effect" in Co-Acting Groups

1991 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-55 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mel E. Schnake
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Task Performance ◽  
Goal Setting ◽  
Small Groups ◽  
Work Motivation ◽  
Social Dilemma ◽  
Social Cues ◽  
Social Loafing ◽  
Effective Strategy ◽  
Managerial Strategies

This research investigates the effects of negative social cues on worker quantitative task performance, internal work motivation, and job satisfaction. Negative social cues may create an effect similar to a class of social dilemma phenomena in small groups known as the "sucker effect." The sucker effect was originally identified as a particular form of social loafing and stems from the perceptions that others in the group are withholding, or intend to withhold, effort. Individuals who hold this perception then withhold effort themselves to avoid being played for a "sucker" Although most social loafing research has examined the sucker effect in situations where individuals performed additive or disjunctive tasks, this experimental research investigates the degree to which the sucker effect occurs among individuals working in co-acting groups. Two common managerial strategies, goal setting and punishment, are examinedfor their ability to reduce the sucker effect. The results show that the sucker effect does occur in co-acting groups and that both punishment and goal setting may be used to reduce it. Further, goal setting was a more effective strategy than punishment.

SOCIAL LOAFING AND SELF-BELIEFS: PEOPLE'S COLLECTIVE EFFORT DEPENDS ON THE EXTENT TO WHICH THEY DISTINGUISH THEMSELVES AS BETTER THAN OTHERS

1998 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 329-340 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emmanuelle Charbonnier ◽  
Pascal Huguet ◽  
Markus Brauer ◽  
Jean-Marc Monteil
Keyword(s):  
Social Life ◽  
The Self ◽  
Social Loafing ◽  
Significant Component ◽  
Easy Task ◽  
Collective Effort ◽  
Better Than

An experiment tested whether the belief that one is better than others on performance aspects of the self moderates social loafing, the tendency for individuals to expend less effort when working collectively than when working individually. French students performed an easy task either coactively or collectively. They were then asked to rate how they individuate themselves from others on personal abilities within various domains of social life. The loafing effect was especially strong in participants who perceived themselves as better than others, suggesting that self-beliefs related to one's feeling of uniqueness is a significant component of social loafing. This finding is discussed from the perspective of Karau and Williams' (1993) Collective Effort Model.

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