Reducing Social Loafing Tendency Through Achievement Motivation Training

Ferry Novliadi and Rika Eliana
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Ferry Novliadi: Faculty of Psychology, University of Sumatera Utara, Medan, Indonesia
Rika Eliana: Faculty of Psychology, University of Sumatera Utara, Medan, Indonesia

International Journal of Management Science and Business Administration, 2017, vol. 4, issue 1, 15-18

Abstract: This study aims to find the right strategy that a way of reducing the social loafing tendency among the students. The results showed the higher of achievement motivation will impact the lower social loafing tendency, and affected to student's academic achievement. We conducted a study involving 91 students of Psychology Faculty of the University of Sumatera Utara and divided into 2 groups: the experimental group and the control group. The experimental groups were given a brief achievement motivation training, while the control group did not receive any treatment. The effectiveness of interventions seen through decreasing score in social loafing tendency in the experimental group. Application of achievement motivation training in more details could be one strategy to reduce social loafing tendency

Keywords: Achievement motivation training; Experiment; Social loafing tendency (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: M00 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.18775/ijmsba.1849-5664-5419.2014.41.1002

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