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sucker effect  

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  • The sucker effect is a type of group motivation loss or social loafing effectan instance in which a person works less hard as a member of group than as a comparable individual performer. The sucker effect occurs when people perceive that they are doing more than their fair share of the group's work; one way to reduce the injustice of such a situation is to reduce their own level of effort. [Source: Encyclopedia of Group Processes & Intergroup Relations; Sucker Effect]

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