Indispensability and group identification as sources of task motivation

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1316-1321

  Gockel, Christine ^a   Kerr, Norbert L ^b   Seok, Dong Heon ^c   Harris, David W ^b  

^a CHEMNITZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Daegu University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Group identification; Group performance; Indispensability; Task motivation

Indexed keywords

EID: 48749089348     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2008.03.011     Document Type: Article

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