This paper reports a study of electronic brainstorming that begins with field experience, moves through theory building and experimentation, and ends with practical guidance for facilitators and developers. The paper argues that social loafing impairs the productivity of electronic brainstorming groups, and that social comparison is a way to decrease the @ect(s) of social loafing. By inducing s...

Several previous studies have investigated collaborative approaches for processing complex environments. Beyond the improvement of performance and working efficiency, these studies highlighted two important constraints, which limit the efficiency of these approaches. First, social loafing which is linked to the redundancy of roles in the same group. Second, coordination conflicts which are link...

Bu çalışmanın amacı sağlık kurumlarında sosyal kaytarma davranışının öneminin ortaya koyulması ve bireyin kendi kaytarması ile iş arkadaşlarının arasındaki ilişkide tatmini örgütsel bağlılığın aracı rolünün incelenmesidir. Araştırma örneklemi, Ankara'da bir üniversite hastanesinde görev yapan 336 çalışanıdır. Araştırmada veri toplama olarak anket formu kullanılmıştır. Veriler, IBM SPSS 21.0 kul...

Supported by meta-analytic evidence, the general consensus in teams literature is that more a team communicates, better. However, one type of communication appears at odds with this view gossip—a behavior traditionally viewed as harmful organizations. We propose way to uncover potential benefits gossip focus on valence (positive or negative nature) gossip. Drawing expectancy theory, we indirect...

Recent developments of higher teacher education in Tanzania have witnessed high student enrolments necessitating change an emphasis from individual assessment to group-based practices. In this context, informed by the constructivist philosophical perspective, article reports on pre-service teachers’ voices regarding prevalence, impacts and counteractive strategies social loafing. The teachers a...

Expectancy value theory holds that goal-directed behavior is a function of (a) expectations—the belief that performance depends on effort, (b) instrumentality—the belief that outcome depends on performance, and (c) outcome value—the value attached to achieving the outcome. The present research provides a direct test of two factors involved in the instrumentality component: the contingency betwe...

This paper presents a study of electronic brainstorming (EBS) that begins with theory building, tool development, and experimentation, and ends with practical guidance for facilitators and developers. The paper argues that social loafing impairs the productivity of EBS groups, and that social comparison is a way to decrease the effect{s) of social loafing. The literature on brainstorming produc...

Using the American Time Use Survey (ATUS) 2003-12, we estimate time spent by workers in non-work while on the job. Non-work time is substantial and co-varies positively with the local unemployment rate. While the fraction of workers who spend some time in non-work varies pro-cyclically, the average time spent by workers in non-work conditional on any positive non-work varies countercyclically. ...