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Identifiability, Performance Feedback and the Kohler Effect

Kerr, Norbert L., Messé, Lawrence A., Park, E., Sambolec, E. (2005) Identifiability, Performance Feedback and the Kohler Effect. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 8 (4). pp. 375-390. ISSN 1368-4302. E-ISSN 1461-7188. (doi:10.1177/1368430205056466) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:42436)

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Abstract

Research, starting with Köhler (1926), has demonstrated a type of group motivation gain, wherein the less capable member of a dyad working conjunctively at a persistence task works harder than comparable individuals. To explore possible boundary conditions of this effect, the current experiment systematically varied the amount and timing of performance feedback group members received. Results showed: (a) continuous feedback of both members’ performance was not necessary for producing the effect; (b) the effect was attenuated, but not eliminated by delaying and restricting feedback, such that group members only learned which of them was the less capable worker (but not how long s/he persisted) sometime after the task trial was completed; and (c) the motivation gain was eliminated in the absence of any performance feedback (i.e. when neither worker could tell who quit first nor how long either had persisted). Some implications of these results for currently viable explanations of the Köhler effect are discussed. It is concluded that the effect is likely to result from several distinct processes.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1177/1368430205056466
Subjects: B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Human and Social Sciences > School of Psychology
Depositing User: M.L. Barnoux
Date Deposited: 19 Aug 2014 10:32 UTC
Last Modified: 16 Nov 2021 10:16 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/42436 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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