Preference for group work, winning orientation, and social loafing behavior in groups

Group and Organization Management

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 699-723

  Stark, Eric M ^a   Shaw, Jason D ^b   Duffy, Michelle K ^b  

^a JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Individual competitiveness; Social loafing; Team attitudes; Team e fectiveness

Indexed keywords

EID: 35648931023     PISSN: 10596011     EISSN: 15523993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1059601106291130     Document Type: Article

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