How a Group Goal May Reduce Social Matching in Group Performance: Shifts in Standards for Determining a Fair Contribution of Effort.

van Leeuwen, Esther; van Knippenberg, Daan

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ERIC Number: EJ668904

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Publication Date: 2002

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How a Group Goal May Reduce Social Matching in Group Performance: Shifts in Standards for Determining a Fair Contribution of Effort.

van Leeuwen, Esther; van Knippenberg, Daan

Journal of Social Psychology, v142 n1 p73-86 Feb 2002

Presents a study that investigated whether the presence of a group goal would reduce social matching. Reports that when there was no specific goal, the participants matched their own performance to the performance that was expected of other group members. Include references. (CMK)

Descriptors: College Students, Comparative Analysis, Educational Research, Foreign Countries, Gender Issues, Group Behavior, Group Dynamics, Higher Education, Undergraduate Study, Universities

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Netherlands

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