Social support from fellow group members triggers additional effort in groups

European Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 287-296

  Hüffmeier, Joachim ^a   Wessolowski, Katrin ^b   van Randenborgh, Annette ^c   Bothin, Julia ^b   Schmid Loertzer, Nikola ^b   Hertel, Guido ^b  

^a FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c MÜNSTER UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

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EID: 84902156349     PISSN: 00462772     EISSN: 10990992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.2021     Document Type: Article

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