Abstract
The present study aimed to investigate extraversion as a moderator of social loafing on a motor task that requires fine motor skills as well as perceptual-motor skills. Participants with higher and lower levels of extraversion were asked to group dots according to their color during high and low identifiability conditions. The performance was determined by the number of dots accurately grouped. A 2 (group; high/low extraversion) × 2 (identifiability; high/low) mixed model of ANOVA revealed a significant interaction between extraversion and identifiability, which means that extraverts’ performance increased from the low to high identifiability condition. On the other hand, introverts’ performance remained relatively stable across high and low identifiability conditions. Overall, results suggested that in an identifiable state, extraverts tend to increase their performance.
Highlights
In a sports team, success is determined by the athletes’ effort and contribution in a collective task, in which each members’ contribution is pooled with other members of the team
The present study aimed to explore whether identifiability, together with extraversion, maybe the situational and individual factors that can explain social loafing during a collective group task
The present study aimed to investigate whether extraversion within the Big Five personality model might be a moderator of social loafing on a collective group task
Summary
Success is determined by the athletes’ effort and contribution in a collective task, in which each members’ contribution is pooled with other members of the team. For this reason, members of a team are required to sustain their effort and motivation to achieve a specific goal in both training and competition. Norman Triplett was the first investigator who noticed that the presence of other co-actors might influence individuals’ performance. Triplett (1898) discovered that bicycle racers were faster when they were racing in the presence of other athletes than when they cycled alone. Triplett conducted a laboratory experiment to validate his observations on bicycle racers
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