Concept information
...
industrial psychology
organizational structure, design, and change
organizational behavior
human motivation
...
industrial psychology
understanding and assessing individual differences
personality
human motivation
...
human development
mental health, mental disorders, and special groups
antisocial behavior
problem behaviors
Preferred term
social loafing
Definition
- Social loafing is the tendency for people to reduce their efforts and work less hard on a task when working in a group than when working individually. It represents a potential productivity barrier to any group or team in which individual efforts are combined into a group product. [Source: Encyclopedia of Group Processes & Intergroup Relations; Social Loafing]
Broader concept
Belongs to group
URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/social_loafing
{{label}}
{{#each values }} {{! loop through ConceptPropertyValue objects }}
{{#if prefLabel }}
{{/if}}
{{/each}}
{{#if notation }}{{ notation }} {{/if}}{{ prefLabel }}
{{#ifDifferentLabelLang lang }} ({{ lang }}){{/ifDifferentLabelLang}}
{{#if vocabName }}
{{ vocabName }}
{{/if}}