Is It Okay to Engage in “Social Loafing”? (NSQ Ep. 73)

Also: why is it so great to be part of a team, even when you lose?

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Relevant Research & References

Here’s where you can learn more about the people and ideas in this episode:

SOURCES

• Albert Bandura (deceased), professor of psychology at Stanford University.
• Hillel (deceased), Jewish sage.
• Rory McIlroy, professional golfer.
• Arthur Ashe, professional tennis player.
• Jimmy Roberts, sports broadcaster.

RESOURCES

• “Tearful Rory McIlroy Showed why the Ryder Cup is ‘the Best Event in Golf’,” by James Colgan (Golf, 2021).
• “Donald Trump Has a Very Strange Theory About Exercise,” by Chris Cillizza (C.N.N., 2017).
• The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, by Daniel James Brown (2013).
• “Why Less Is More in Teams,” by Mark de Rond (Harvard Business Review, 2012).
• “Motivation Gains in Performance Groups: Paradigmatic and Theoretical Developments on the Köhler Effect,” by Guido Hertel, Norbert L. Kerr, and Lawrence A. Messé (Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 2000).
• “Mechanisms of Moral Disengagement in the Exercise of Moral Agency,” Albert Bandura, Claudio Barbaranelli, Gian Vittorio Caprara, and Concetta Pastorelli (Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1996).
• Days of Grace: A Memoir, by Arthur Ashe and Arnold Rampersad (1993).
• “The Ringelmann Effect: Studies of Group Size and Group Performance,” by Alan G. Ingham, George Levinger, James Graves, and Vaughn Peckham (Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 1974).

EXTRAS

• “If Everyone Hates Meetings, Why Do We Have So Many of Them? (NSQ Ep. 72),” by No Stupid Questions (2021).
• Succession television series.
• Smokey the Bear.
• Ryder Cup.

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