The relationship between group cohesion, group norms, and perceived social loafing in soccer teams

Small Group Research

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 217-232

  Høigaard, Rune ^a   Säfvenbom, Reidar ^b   Tønnessen, Finn Egil ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGDER   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

Author keywords

Group cohesion; Perceived social loafing; Team cohesion

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646502841     PISSN: 10464964     EISSN: 15528278     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1046496406287311     Document Type: Review

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