The effects of group cohesiveness on social loafing and social compensation

Group Dynamics

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 156-168

  Karau, Steven J ^a   Williams, Kipling D ^b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

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EID: 0000767554     PISSN: 10892699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1089-2699.1.2.156     Document Type: Article

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