The carrot and the stick: Affective commitment and acceptance anxiety as motives for discretionary group efforts by respected and disrespected group members

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 244-255

  Sleebos, Ed ^a,b   Ellemers, Naomi ^a   De Gilder, Dick ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acceptance anxiety; Affective commitment; Discretionary group efforts; Disrespect; Respect

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ALTRUISM; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESS; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AFFECT; ALTRUISM; ANXIETY; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 31644441428     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167205282147     Document Type: Article

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