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Social loafing in student entrepreneurship teams

Lyons, Roisin orcid logoORCID: 0000-0002-3200-4079, Lynn, Theo orcid logoORCID: 0000-0001-9284-7580 and Mac an Bhaird, Ciarán orcid logoORCID: 0000-0003-2863-3398 (2014) Social loafing in student entrepreneurship teams. In: ESU 2014 Conference, 18-23 Aug 2014, Lund, Sweden.

Abstract
This paper assesses the level of social loafing which occurs in an entrepreneurship education context, using a sample of 310 student teams from an Irish University. While teamwork is a common element of most deliveries of entrepreneurship education (Hytti & O’Gorman 2004), there are few studies which explore the actual impact of the team on performance in this context. In entrepreneurship more generally it has been found that team-level variables has an impact on team effectiveness (Hill et al. 2013) however studies like these are limited in the field of entrepreneurship education. As team-led entrepreneurship is gaining both academic and wider interest, as seen in the review by Klotz et al. (2014), the teamwork dynamic in an educational setting of entrepreneurship may have discrete characteristics, warranting its own research inquiry.
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Item Type:Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Event Type:Conference
Refereed:Yes
Uncontrolled Keywords:Entrepreneurship education; Student teams; Social loafing
Subjects:Social Sciences > Education
DCU Faculties and Centres:DCU Faculties and Schools > DCU Business School
DCU Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Humanities and Social Science > Fiontar agus Scoil na Gaeilge
Published in: Proceedings of the Entrepreneurship Summer University 2014-2015. . Edward Elgar.
Publisher:Edward Elgar
Use License:This item is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License. View License
ID Code:21095
Deposited On:25 Feb 2016 13:57 by Ciarán Mac An bhaird . Last Modified 02 Dec 2021 14:38
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