Finding teammates who are not prone to sucker and free-rider effects: The protestant work ethic as a moderator of motivation losses in group performance

Group Processes and Intergroup Relations

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 39-54

  Abele, Susanne ^a,b,c   Diehl, Michael ^d  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Group productivity; Motivation losses; Protestant Work Ethic

Indexed keywords

EID: 39149131729     PISSN: 13684302     EISSN: 14617188     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1368430207084845     Document Type: Article

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