4.3.2—Group performance

4.3.2 Individual and group performance.

• individual and group performance focusing on social facilitation and social loafing including definitions, drive theory and evaluation apprehension, social impact theory.
• group performance across cultures focusing on social loafing in individualistic and collectivist cultures, including a study, e.g. Earley (1993).
• performance monitoring of employee productivity (exemplified by the following key study).
• Key study looking at concentration levels when being monitored: Claypoole and Szalma (2019), focus on experiment 1, specifics of methodology for experiment 2 will not be needed.

This matters because —group performance determines what can be inferred or chosen; begin with the stated conditions and keep the conclusion tied to the evidence.

Example: apply —group performance to one small, clearly defined case, show the key step or comparison, and explain the result in words.

Boundary: —Group performance is not a universal recommendation. Check the syllabus scope, assumptions, units and the limits of the evidence before generalising.