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Ringelmann Revisited: Alternative Explanations for the Social Loafing Effect

Kerr, Norbert L., Bruun, S. E. (1981) Ringelmann Revisited: Alternative Explanations for the Social Loafing Effect. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 7 (2). pp. 224-231. ISSN 0146-1672. E-ISSN 1552-7433. (doi:10.1177/014616728172007) (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:42548)

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Abstract

Recent work suggests that group members' motivation for certain types of tasks declines as group size increases. Two experiments examined alternative explanations for this effect. The results of the first study disconfirmed the "me first" explanation, which holds that the effect occurs only when an individual performs in several different size groups. The second experiment supported the "hide-in—the crowd"explanation, which holds that member anonymity increases with group size for the tasks which have yielded the effect.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1177/014616728172007
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: 21 Aug 2014 11:40 UTC
Last Modified: 16 Nov 2021 10:16 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/42548 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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