Effects of Perceived Social Loafing, Social Interdependence, and Group Affective Tone on Students’ Group Learning Performance

Asia-Pacific Education Researcher

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 259-269

  Teng, Chih Ching ^a   Luo, Yu Ping ^a  

^a FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Group affective tone; Group learning performance; Hospitality and tourism education; Social interdependence; Social loafing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922450852     PISSN: 01195646     EISSN: 22437908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40299-014-0177-2     Document Type: Article

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