Concept information
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human development
mental health, mental disorders, and special groups
antisocial behavior
problem behaviors
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industrial psychology
organizational structure, design, and change
organizational behavior
human motivation
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industrial psychology
understanding and assessing individual differences
personality
human motivation
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
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URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-BDV850KJ-V
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