Abstract:
This research aimed to study the influence of priming locus of control on social loafing behavior in work group, in different trait-of-locus-of-control targets. The samples were 171 students, age 18 24 years. The research was studied as quasi experimental, factorial 2X2 design (trait locus of control X priming locus of control), which dependent variable was social loafing behavior. The process was split into two sessions. In first session, participants were constructed to answer the questionnaire in Google form, locus of control scale, to classified participant into one of traits of locus of control (either internal locus of control or external locus of control). Then, participants were arranged an appointment to participate in last session via Zoom Meeting. In last session, participants were randomly assigned (before the session started) into one of conditions (either priming internal locus of control, or control condition). Participants were constructed to do priming task (or control task), and then, completed the online brainstorming task, to assess social loafing behavior. Lastly, participants were debriefed and the session ended. The study reveals that trait of locus of control and priming locus of control do not have interaction effect on social loafing behavior. Besides, each of them do not have any main effect on social loafing behavior. However, we found that, in this study, gender seems to have influence on social loafing behavior because, males are more motivated to do the online brainstorming task, which construction is to list the way to use knife as many as participants can think of as possible, than females. This result suggests that gender variable can affect social loafing behavior, on condition that men and women are differently motivated to do the kind of work. Nevertheless, this quasi-experimental research was held through online setting, which might be different from onsite environment from where participants attend the face-to-face session. The relationship between locus of control (both trait and priming) and social loafing have yet to be fully studied, though. We expected this study would be of use to future research.