Social Loafing Under Fatigue

In 2 experiments, 64 male students worked almost continuously for 20 hr without sleep under varying social conditions. In Experiment 1, participants worked either individually or as a group. As hypothesized, performance deteriorated over time, especially in the group condition, which allowed partici...

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Published in:Journal of personality and social psychology 1998-11, Vol.75 (5), p.1179-1190
Main Authors: Hoeksema-van Orden, Claudia Y. D, Gaillard, Anthony W. K, Buunk, Bram P
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Attention
Biological and medical sciences
Energy Expenditure
Fatigue
Fatigue - psychology
Feedback
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Group Dynamics
Group Performance
Group Processes
Human
Humans
Interpersonal relations
Male
Motivation
Occupational psychology
Problem Solving
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Sleep Deprivation
Social behaviour
Social interactions. Communication. Group processes
Social Loafing
Social psychology
Task Oriented Groups
Task Performance
Work condition. Job performance. Stress
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Summary:In 2 experiments, 64 male students worked almost continuously for 20 hr without sleep under varying social conditions. In Experiment 1, participants worked either individually or as a group. As hypothesized, performance deteriorated over time, especially in the group condition, which allowed participants to loaf. In Experiment 2, all participants worked in groups. They were instructed that public feedback would be provided either on the group result only or on the individual results of all group members. As expected, when individual results were made public, performance deteriorated less. Overall, the data suggest that fatigue increases social loafing. However, both individualizing the task and providing public individual feedback seem to counteract these effects.
ISSN:0022-3514
1939-1315
DOI:10.1037/0022-3514.75.5.1179