Social loafing in group-based projects is a common problem for college teachers. This problem has received great attention, including a Quick Fix article by Stevens (2007), whose recommendations remain useful today, particularly the mechanism for peer evaluations--a key strategy for reducing social loafing. Since the publication of Stevens's…

This multilevel investigation examined the effect of group interaction and its influence on individual-level membership variables and group assimilation. The study is based on a model of group socialization developed by Moreland and Levine (1982) and was modified in this study to investigate the development and maintenance of highly interdependent…

Students of group dynamics (n=16) use Systematic Multiple Level Observation of Groups (SYMLOG) to rate group leader and group member interaction in the videotape series "Group Work: Leading in the Here and Now." Ratings assignments were the same for all three videotapes. (JBJ)