The present research examined social loafing in groups across different stages of group development. Individuals working in newly formed groups worked harder in the group setting than alone, although this difference was non-significant. However, individuals working in groups that were at the midpoint or end of their existence performed better when working by themselves. This latter finding is c...

Web 2.0 sociable technologies (such as social network sites, SNS) create new online interpersonal collaboration and communication. Particularly, given the proliferation of virtual community page (VCP, ex. Facebook fan page and group) participation, the sustainability of VCP has been recognized as a critical issue. While existing studies have started to address this issue through classical indiv...

Introduction. From the students’ perspective, social loafing has also become a major challenge and problem in group tasks classroom. Social may affect enthusiasm attitude to share knowledge. Aim. This study aims investigate mediating effects of knowledge sharing (KS) attitudes on relationships between KS intentions, perceived loafing, learning goal orientation. Methodology research methods. use...

The purpose of this study was to investigate to what extent team cohesion influences social loafing in a 30-meter sprint relay. Thirty-nine male college sport students competed under high and low identifiable conditions in which the differences between sprint times were recorded. Faster running times under the identified condition than under the non-identified condition was seen as indicative o...

The social loafing effect, that subjects work harder alone than in groups, was contrasted against the use of two motivational techniques. Subjects were 80 undergraduate students at a midwestern university. A 2 x 2 factorial design was employed contrasting the use of group goals with the salience of evaluation apprehension. Subjects, working in groups of four, were asked to generate possible use...

Current study aimed examining preparatory school students’ cyber-loafing levels and opinions about distance education English curriculum. Exploratory sequential pattern of mixed research methods is employed. The sample consisted 201preparatory students who at the Cag University. quantitative data was obtained through Cyber-Loafing Scale Assessment Scale. Qualitative gathered by open-ended quest...

Attempts to resolve the problems in software development have concentrated on the tools and methodologies used, despite an acceptance by many that it is a sociological problem. An example of this is the procedures and processes surrounding evaluations within projects, yet ultimately it depends on individuals more than process. This paper examines one of the sociological factors inherent in a so...