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Xiangyu Ying, Huanhuan Li, Shan Jiang, Fei Peng,and Zhongxin Lin.  Group Laziness:  The Effect of Social Loafing on Group     Performance.  Society for Research and Personality, 2014.  file:///C:/Users/Iustin/AppData/Local/Microsoft/Windows/INetCache/IE/SKRGM0L7/ContentServer%20(2).pdf

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Team Size, Dispersion and Social Loafing in technology supported teams.

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One day in History class, Sarah, Jared, Carroll, and Aaron were placed into a group for the end of the semester project.  Upon meeting together in the campus library for the first time,  Carroll played on her phone the majority of the time, but offered to be assigned any part of the assignment the other team members gave her.  Carroll's level of focus during the first meeting wasn't what the other three members wanted to see, but they gave Carroll the benefit of the doubt and assumed Carroll would show an attitude improvement when it was time to get down to business. Sarah, Jared and Aaron agreed to leave Carroll responsible for the conclusion of the project and a fair portion of the research.  During the next team meeting, Carroll had only began a little bit of the research just before the meeting, and didn't read the chapters for the team quiz in class that day.  Having all done their fair share of work for the group, Sarah, Jared and Aaron were aware of Carroll's social loafing tendencies, and began to plan accordingly to pick up her slack.  The team would confront her upon the next group session about her performance.

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Social Loafing has been defined as a phenomenon in which people exhibit a sizable decrease in individual effort when performing in groups, as compared to when performing alone (Behavior and Personality 2014).  Whether it be in a classroom setting or in a workplace environment, being apart of groups is unavoidable.  We are all challenged with our ability to execute tasks and demonstrate teamwork.  Such collaborative efforts bring out our social loafing tendencies.  For some individuals, these tendencies are greater than others, resulting in a significant lack of motivation and effort.