Social behaviors as determined by different arrangements of social consequences: Diffusion of responsibility effects with competition

Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 143, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 313-329

  Guerin, Bernard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Competition; Deindividuation; Responsibility; Social consequences; Social facilitation; Social loafing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL FACILITATION; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY;

EID: 0043071439     PISSN: 00224545     EISSN: 19401183     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00224540309598447     Document Type: Article

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