The free rider problem in group assignments

, Fathimah Azzahra and Samiyya, Aminath and Ab Salam, Anis Zuana and Kayadibi, Saim (2011) The free rider problem in group assignments. In: The Principal of Currency Value System and Islam Banking and Finance. IIUM Press, Kuala Lumpur, pp. 191-204. ISBN 978-967-418-118-5

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Abstract

Many university courses today incorporate a group project. Students are fanned into groups and assigned a task designed to generate a outcome of some kind.!t may be difficult for perfectionists, because it makes it difficult to appreciate others' work because they want things done a certain specific way. Sometimes, it is difficult to even be working in groups for certain things because the work is difficult to divide amongst members, especially in groups with large numbers of people. Work may be unevenly divided, with one person doing more than the others and this is unfair

Item Type:	Book Chapter
Additional Information:	6485/20532
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Free rider, group assignment
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB2300 Higher Education
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Economics and Management Sciences > Department of Economics
Depositing User:	Assoc. Prof. Dr. Saim Kayadibi
Date Deposited:	12 Oct 2012 18:57
Last Modified:	06 Nov 2012 18:36
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/20532

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