People tend to feel a "diffusion of responsibility" in groups, the two concluded.

This is explained by both bystander effect and diffusion of responsibility.

"There is a diffusion of responsibility and control that makes it difficult to manage.

Most past events had a thousand sources and causes - a vague diffusion of responsibility that made no one responsible.

In addition, diffusion of responsibility is more likely to occur under conditions of anonymity.

Diffusion of responsibility: individuals think they are less accountable for group behaviour versus their own behaviour.

In one study, diffusion of responsibility does not occur if another bystander is perceived as being unable to help.

Additionally, there is the practice of diffusion of responsibility.

Darley and Latané (1968) conducted research on diffusion of responsibility.

Diffusion of responsibility occurs to such a degree in Japan that outright blame is not easily assigned.

These variables include: ambiguity, cohesiveness and diffusion of responsibility.

Researchers have theorized that a phenomenon known as diffusion of responsibility may account for the downward slide.

Diffusion of responsibility, a diminished sense of personal responsibility when others are present.

This rule relates to diffusion of responsibility, in which individuals feel less accountable as the number of people present increases.

The presence of others inhibits helping behavior due to diffusion of responsibility, a belief that someone else will help.

These causes are greed, anonymity, fear, ingroup favoritism, and diffusion of responsibility.

Diffusion of responsibility is also a causal factor governing much crowd behavior, as well as risk-taking in groups.

Execution teams are organized so as to divide the grisly tasks, enhancing what researchers call a diffusion of responsibility.

Diffusion of responsibility occurs in large group settings and under both prosocial and antisocial conditions.

Public self-awareness they theorized to be reduced by "accountability cues", like diffusion of responsibility or anonymity.

This is believed to reinforce the sense of diffusion of responsibility among the firing squad members, making the execution process more reliable.

The social phenomena of the bystander effect and diffusion of responsibility heavily relate to the volunteer's dilemma.

Diffusion of responsibility can manifest itself:

Thus, the presence of bystanders affects individual helping behavior by processes of social influence and diffusion of responsibility.

Diffusion of Responsibility and Level of Risk Taking in Groups.