Given Existing Research on Individualism Versus Collectivism, What Kinds of Differences

question 58

Multiple Choice

Given existing research on individualism versus collectivism, what kinds of differences (if any) should we expect between individualists and collectivists in terms of social loafing?

• A) Collectivists are likely to loaf more than individualists.
• B) Collectivists are likely to loaf less than individualists.
• C) Collectivists are likely to be more tolerant of loafing than individualists.
• D) Collectivists are likely to loaf in small groups as well as large groups, while individualists are likely to loaf in large groups only.

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