Organizational Behavior, Student Value Edition Plus MyLab Management with Pearson eText -- Access Card Package (17th Edition)
Organizational Behavior, Student Value Edition Plus MyLab Management with Pearson eText -- Access Card Package (17th Edition)
17th Edition
ISBN: 9780134439822
Author: Stephen P. Robbins, Timothy A. Judge
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 9, Problem 25CR
Summary Introduction

Case summary:

The whole case is about social loafing. It states the status of the contribution made by employees in a given situation. The case also discusses about the responsibilities of managers to control the social loafing of individuals as well as the group.

Characters in the case:

There is no character’s name mentioned in the case. However, the case involves three characters- Manager, an individual employee who is loafing and representative of a working group.

Adequate information:

Social loafing decreases the work capacity of individuals especially when they are working in a group no matter what task they are given. Such types of people are called shirkers as they do not take the task seriously and their work will be incomplete. Social loafing is sometimes ignored by the management. It creates lot of problems.

To Determine:

The ethical responsibility of group members of reporting regarding shirkers to the leader

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