• DOI:10.1037/0022-3514.65.4.681
Corpus ID: 12694148

Social loafing: A meta-analytic review and theoretical integration.

@article{Karau1993SocialLA,
  title={Social loafing: A meta-analytic review and theoretical integration.},
  author={Steven J. Karau and K. Williams},
  journal={Journal of Personality and Social Psychology},
  year={1993},
  volume={65},
  pages={681-706}
}

• Steven J. Karau, K. Williams
• Published 1993
• Psychology
• Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Social loafing is the tendency for individuals to expend less effort when working collectively than when working individually. A meta-analysis of 78 studies demonstrates that social loafing is robust and generalizes across tasks and S populations. A large number of variables were found to moderate social loafing. Evaluation potential, expectations of co-worker performance, task meaningfulness, and culture had especially strong influence. These findings are interpreted in the light of a… Expand

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