Preventing Social Loafing
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The solution discusses recommendations to prevent social loafing from occurring in organizations. The expert provides references.
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Include specific recommendations the team would make to a manager to help prevent "social loafing" from occurring.
Social loafing describes the tendency of individuals or team members to put less effort when they are part of a group. All members of the group are supposed to pool their efforts to achieve a common goal and social loafers contribute less in achieving this goal.
Suggestions to prevent social loafing:
1. Develop rules of conduct by setting rules at the beginning and provide assurance that free-riding attempts will be dealt with. Write a team contract for the rules and include group expectations, individual ...
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