To Be Part of a Team

Paper Summary:

The paper discusses how social loafing is a theory that has gained popularity in the past decade as researchers performed studies that proved its existence. The paper relates how it was shown that when a person became part of a team, that person exerted less effort than if that person would have worked individually. The paper explains that this evidence is valuable to the workforce as it demonstrates a social concept that contradicts the current "teamwork is the best approach" attitude. The paper analyzes a study that was conducted in retail establishments nationwide to test this theory's basis. The paper provides solutions to reduce the impact and incidence of social loafing which could save significant amounts of money for companies across the globe.

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The Chosen Study

From the Paper:

"As one of the strongest studies ever conducted when it comes to the topic of social loafing, the research team showed conclusive evidence that when people are grouped together to accomplish a task, the individuals of the group put forth less of an effort than they would if they were working independently of each other(Swain, 1996).
"It also indicated that rewards and punishments had little if any impact on the incidence of social loafing in the workplace. This is an important piece of information as managers nationwide work to raise production, morale and sales within their companies."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Anshel, Mark (1995) Examining social loafing among elite female rowers as a function of task duration and mood. Journal of Sport Behavior
• George, Jennifer (1995) Asymmetrical effects of rewards and punishments: the case of social loafing. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology;
• Guerin, Bernard (1999). Social Behaviors As Determined By Different Arrangements of Social Loafing, Social Facilitation, Deindividuation, and a Modified Social. The Psychological Record
• Kugihara, Naoki (1999) Gender and social loafing in Japan. The Journal of Social Psychology;
• Swain, Austin (1996). Social loafing and identifiably: the mediating role of achievement goal orientations. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport;

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