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Social Loafing in the Workplace

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1) What is social loafing in the workplace? What problems does social loafing cause and what is its impact on productivity in the workplace?

2) What steps would be recommended for a hotel manager to take to reduce social loafing within the cleaning staff that are responsible for keeping all common areas and guest rooms spotless?

3) What would be the obvious issues in this situation that the manager would have to try to prevent and what strategies could be used to prevent them?

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This solution provides a description of social loafing in the workplace, problems caused by social loafing, and strategies that managers can take to reduce social loafing and boost productivity.

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Social loafing in the workplace is a phenomenon that supervisors run into when having employees work as groups to compete assignments. While the expectation is that the employees will put their heads together and brainstorm great ideas, the truth of the matter is actually that productivity for the groups goes down, in fact ...

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