The objective of this paper is to explore how the application of neuroscience to management research can facilitate a better understanding of some issues concerning to people behaviour in organizations. In recent years, the ability of researchers to directly observe brain activity has increased tremendously. This paper presented extant neuroscientific findings and showed some examples on how th...

The acquisition of effective teamwork skills is crucial in all disciplines. Using an interpretive approach, this study investigates collaboration and co-operation in teams of software engineering students. Teams whose members were both homogeneous and heterogeneous in terms of their members’ academic abilities, skills and goals were identified and compared. We describe the occurrence of “social...

This research sought a deeper understanding of a frequently examined IT trait, i.e., computer playfulness, in two respects. First, complementing prior studies identifying its many favorable user outcomes related to technology adoption and use, this research demonstrates that it can also lead to adverse implications, such as nonwork-related technology use at work, or computer loafing, which has ...

Research aims: The general purpose of this study is to look at previous research on individual performance and several factors that can effect it, such as psychological encouragement social loafing.Design/Methodology/Approach: Surveys were used collect data for type quantitative study. census method was employed in study, with 124 respondents from the Instructors Department Central Java Nationa...

In a laboratory study, the presence of individual- or work-group-level electronic performance monitoring (EPM) was manipulated as participants worked on a data-entry task alone, as a member of a noninteracting aggregate, or as a member of a cohesive group. The pattern of results suggested the operation of a social facilitation effect, as highly skilled monitored participants keyed more entries ...