"Don't let the group down": Facets of instrumentality moderate the motivating effects of groups in a field experiment

European Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 533-538

  Hüffmeier, Joachim ^a   Krumm, Stefan ^a   Kanthak, Jens ^a   Hertel, Guido ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

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EID: 84863775432     PISSN: 00462772     EISSN: 10990992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.1875     Document Type: Article

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