Motivation losses in small groups
A social dilemma analysis
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6202709 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Norbert L Kerr (0000-0003-0115-0767, Michigan State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1983 |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 819-828 |
| Publication date | 1983-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-3514 • E-ISSN: 1939-1315 |
| Publisher | American Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1037/0022-3514.45.4.819 |
| OpenAlex | W2030709279 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 122 |
| References cited | 15 |
Theory developed to account for behavior in social dilemmas—situations in which - the rational pursuit of self-interest can lead to collective disaster—was applied to the analysis of group motivation losses. Two group motivation loss effects demonstrated in previous research, the social-loafing effect and the free-rider effect, were shown to follow from social dilemma theories. An experiment was performed to empirically demonstrate a third motivation loss effect, termed the sucker effect. It was hypothesized that group members would reduce their efforts if they had a capable partner.who free rode on their efforts, that is, who was capable of contributing to the group but would not. This prediction was confirmed. The effect was particularly strong in males. Potential remedies for such motivation losses were discussed
Dilemma · Epistemology · Perception · Social approval · Social dilemma · Social perception · Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation · Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies · Psychology · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology
Motivation gains on divisible conjunctive group tasks
Leader endorsement in social dilemmas
Mediators of the relationship between perceived social loafing and team performance among university student teams
Group Formation in a Simulated Scavenger Hunt
Social Loafing and Self-Beliefs
Don't let the group down”
Social support from fellow group members triggers additional effort in groups
Productivity loss in performance groups
The emerging conceptualization of groups as information processors
Meta-analytic review of sex differences in group performance
Motivation gains of inferior group members
Social loafing and group evaluation
Equity in effort
Social loafing
Indifferent reactions
Perceived Social Loafing and Anticipated Effort Reduction among Young Football (Soccer) Players
Influence and Leadership
Paradigms and Groups
Bias in judgment
Studies of Individualism-Collectivism
Advancing the Science of Collaborative Problem Solving
Motivated Information Processing in Group Judgment and Decision Making
Respect and Cooperation in Social Dilemmas
The Two Facets of Collaboration
Household energy use
Collective Efficacy
Group regulation and social-emotional interactions observed in computer supported collaborative learning
Supporting Cooperation through Customisation
Perception in Consequences of Fkee Riding
How Team Composition Affects Task Performance
Reciprocal Strategies for Large Groups
An empirical link between motivation gain and NBA statistics
Options for sustaining solar-powered mosquito trapping systems on Rusinga Island, Western Kenya
Perception in Consequences of Free Riding
Variations of Rotating Savings and Credit Associations for Community Development
Donation Networks in Underprivileged Communities
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Co-workers’ Solidarity and Citizenship Behaviors
Relationships among teachers' perceptions on coworker social loafing, organizational justice and task visibility
Negative perceptions of outsourcing to artificial intelligence
Groupwork and collaborative learning
A Functional Model of Social Loafing
Coopetition between frenemies–interrelations and effects of seven collaboration problems in research clusters
Internal factors promoting research collaboration problems
Collaborative dialogue
Self‐interest or joint welfare? Person and situation factors in interpersonal decisions about time
Victim sensitivity in groups
How group goal setting mediates the link between individual-level emotion-related factors and team performance
Managing uncertainty
To pay or not to pay? Do extrinsic incentives alter the Köhler group motivation gain
Social Compensation
Behavioral (In)tolerance of Equality Violation in Social Dilemmas
Specificity of partner feedback as moderator of group motivation gains in Olympic swimmers
Testing the boundaries of the model of pro-group intent
Finding Teammates Who Are Not Prone to Sucker and Free-Rider Effects
Perceived Criticality and Contributions in Public Good Dilemmas
A Dynamic Model of Group Performance
Matching or Competition? Performance Comparison Processes in an Idea Generation Task
Motivation losses in teamwork
Using Social Psychology to Motivate Contributions to Online Communities
Visualization of Group Members' Participation
More than idle talk
Individualism–collectivism and team member performance
Risk and Prisoner's Dilemma
Precommitment in Stochastic Versus Deterministic Social Dilemmas
Gendered Ways to Motivation Gains in Groups
Are morally good actions ever free
Making punishment palatable
Social, Psychological and Technological Determinants of Energy Use
Blackwell Handbook of Social Psychology
Nonprofit organizations in selected CEE countries
Behavioral dimensions of climate change
Social loafing and self-evaluation with a social standard
Social influence processes in group brainstorming
The desire to expel unselfish members from the group
Provision of step-level public goods
The psychosemantics of free riding
Group correspondence biases and the provision of public goods
Free to punish
The quest for "similar instances" and "simultaneous possibilities
Divergent effects of activating thoughts of God on self-regulation
The role of social anxiousness in group brainstorming
Inequities in access to and use of shared resources in social dilemmas
Suckers in Law
Enhancing creativity and collaboration in data science
An evaluation of a group project designed to reduce free-riding and promote active learning
Taking Back Control
Motivation gains in performance groups
Groups perform better than the best individuals on letters-to-numbers problems
Public praise vs. private pay
Is consensus-seeking unique to humans? A selective review of animal group decision-making and its implications for (human) social psychology
Does My Contribution Really Matter?”
Social and Cognitive Influences in Group Brainstorming
How can we master the 2020 Coronavirus pandemic? The role of planning at social levels
In field settings group members (often) show effort gains instead of social loafing
Greed, Efficiency and Fairness in Resource Management Situations
Hypermedia Use in Group Work
Resource dilemmas with environmental uncertainty and asymmetric players
Social ostracism and group motivation gain
Will we be working together again? The impact of future interdependence on group members' task motivation
Twenty Years of Experimental Gaming
The Logic of Collective Action
The Ringelmann effect
Experiments on the Provision of Public Goods. II. Provision Points, Stakes, Experience, and the Free-Rider Problem
A Theory of Social Comparison Processes
Distribution of insufficient, sufficient, and oversufficient rewards
Individual adaptations and structural change as solutions to social dilemmas
Sex differences in reward allocation
Dispensability of member effort and group motivation losses
Identifiability as a deterrant to social loafing
Many hands make light the work
Behavior, communication, and assumptions about other people's behavior in a commons dilemma situation
The Norm of Reciprocity
An experimental investigation of the free-rider problem
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| Citation types | Neutral: 107 |