Academic alignment to reduce the presence of 'social loafers' and 'diligent isolates' in student teams

Teaching in Higher Education

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 355-367

  Pieterse, Vreda ^a   Thompson, Lisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Academic alignment; Diligent isolates; Social loafing; Student teams; Team formation; Teamwork

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954261512     PISSN: 13562517     EISSN: 14701294     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13562517.2010.493346     Document Type: Article

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