Social loafing is when someone in a group of people does not try as hard while working together or working on some kind of project as a group due to that person feeling that there are many people working on the project so they feel whether it be involuntarily or not.
Some of the ways a team could circumvent social loafing would be:
1. Inform the members of your team.- One of the biggest problems with social loafing is that it can happen without you knowing it. Informing the members of your team about social loafing is one way you can save a lot of time and boost productivity.
2. Group size- Group sizes can play another very big role as to whether there will be social loafing. According to The Journal of Management the greater the size of the group the easier it is for an individual to hide behind its size.
3. Group cohesiveness- Coworkers who are friends are going to be able to work better together than coworkers who barely know eachother. So if an individuals group was filled with friends he would be more inclined to work better and not fall into social loafing.
In conclusion, I believe that as long as more people know what social loafing is they will be able to catch themselves before it can become a problem for them and their group.
Citations:
http://comm.colorado.edu/~kuhnt/1600/liden.pdf(The Journal of Management)
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