I was just thinking about the articles on social loafing and how they may relate to personality. The articles mentioned that individuals with more incentive and motivation are less likely to loaf and more likely to put in maximal effort relative to those with no or less motivation. Perhaps individuals who are more motivated rely on positive feedback (in this case grades) to maintain their self esteem or possess higher conscientiousness in terms of the big 5 traits. I was thinking of some related experience where people have told me that when they work on group projects they end up doing all of the work. In fact, these individuals seem to take the responsibility of the project upon themselves and enjoy the power of being in charge of the final product. It may be that certain individuals are incapable of social loafing due to their inability to let go of responsibility and their intrinsic and extrinsic motivation to raise their self esteem and to get high grades.

What are your thoughts on this? Any additional thoughts on how social loafing may relate to personality?

At least a page answer would be great. I am looking for more of personal notes instead of outside sources, but both will be welcome. Thank you