Effort Intentions in Teams: Effects of Task Type and Teammate Performance

Small Group Research

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 62-88

  Hüffmeier, Joachim ^a   Dietrich, Hilke ^a   Hertel, Guido ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

effort intentions; free riding; motivation gains; motivation losses; social comparison; social compensation; social indispensability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873564337     PISSN: 10464964     EISSN: 15528278     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1046496412472242     Document Type: Article

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