Motivation losses in teamwork: The effects of team diversity and equity sensitivity on reactions to Free-Riding

Group Processes and Intergroup Relations

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 845-856

  Hütter, Mandy ^a   Diehl, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

equity sensitivity; social identity; sucker effect; team diversity

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054705044     PISSN: 13684302     EISSN: 14617188     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1368430211402405     Document Type: Article

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