Social loafing and identifiability: The mediating role of achievement goal orientations

Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 337-344

  Swain, Austin ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Achievement orientations; Identifiability; Social loafing

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; EGO; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; EGO; GOALS; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030225885     PISSN: 02701367     EISSN: 21683824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02701367.1996.10607961     Document Type: Article

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