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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]

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