Chinese working in groups: Effort dispensability versus normative influence

Asian Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 187-195

  Hong, Ying Yi ^a   Wyer Jr , Robert S ^b   Fong, Candy P S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MACAU   (Macao)

Author keywords

Chinese work groups; Cultural influence; Group performance; Social loafing

Indexed keywords

EID: 49249126101     PISSN: 13672223     EISSN: 1467839X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-839X.2008.00257.x     Document Type: Article

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