Factors in social comparison of performance influencing actual performance

A Theory of Cognitive Dissonance

1957 • 21,402 citations

A Theory of Social Comparison Processes

1954 • 18,417 citations

Social Facilitation

1965 • 2,507 citations

Behavior Theory and Conditioning

1957 • 1,480 citations

Foundations of Social Psychology.

1968 • 866 citations

Behavior theory and conditioning.

1956 • 848 citations

Experimental Social Psychology

1972 • 502 citations

Performance expectancy as a determinant of actual performance.

1962 • 460 citations

Motivation as a determinant of upward comparison

1966 • 389 citations

Threat as a determinant of downward comparison

1966 • 375 citations

Self-evaluation, self-enhancement, and the locus of social comparison

1966 • 158 citations

Factors determining choice of a comparison other

1969 • 137 citations

Tendencies toward Group Comparability in Competitive Bargaining

1954 • 137 citations

Determinants of social comparison choices

1971 • 115 citations

The drive theory of social facilitation.

1971 • 113 citations

Expectancy and feedback as independent factors in task performance.

1969 • 66 citations

Seven studies of performance expectancy as a determinant of actual performance

1965 • 60 citations

Performance expectancy as a determinant of actual performance: A partial replication.

1963 • 46 citations

Performance expectancy as a determinant of actual performance: A replication with a new design.

1965 • 46 citations

Social comparison and ability evaluation

1966 • 45 citations

Self-Evaluation as a Function of Attraction to the Group

1954 • 45 citations

Need for self-evaluation, perceived similarity and comparison choice

1966 • 42 citations

Does expectancy determine performance?

1965 • 39 citations

Other factors determining the choice of a comparison other

1969 • 38 citations

The requirements and design of a standard group task

1965 • 31 citations

Aspiration Behavior as Influenced by Expectation and Group Comparison

1954 • 28 citations

Effects of performance expectancy and outcome certainty on interest in social comparison

1971 • 27 citations

On clarifying some interpretations of social comparison theory

1973 • 22 citations

Experimental Psychology

1962 • 21 citations

Demand characteristics versus dissonance reduction as determinants of failure-seeking behavior.

1965 • 18 citations

The Effect of Dissonance between Expected and Obtained Performance upon Task Proficiency and Self-Estimates of Task Proficiency

1967 • 17 citations

The Leuven Laboratory for Experimental Social Psychology

1969 • 3 citations