Understanding Social Loafing

Yair Amichai-Hamburger

Chapter 5 in Misbehaviour and Dysfunctional Attitudes in Organizations, 2003, pp 79-102 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract The effectiveness of work in groups has been investigated over several decades. One of the main areas of investigation has been to examine why groups almost inevitably fail to fulfil their potential. One of the first to study this area empirically was Steiner (1972). He argued that when a group of individuals is assembled together to solve a problem or to perform a task, the group activity will produce both losses and benefits; however, the overall result will be negative, namely, that the potential achievement of the group will remain unfulfilled.

Keywords: Total Quality Management; Virtual Team; Social Psychology Bulletin; Apply Social Psychology; Group Cohesiveness (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2003
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230288829_5

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