Which of the Following Increases Social Loafing

question 16

Multiple Choice

Which of the following increases social loafing?

• A) Assigning specific tasks to each person and hold him or her accountable for their completion
• B) Members being told that if they exert additional efforts, they will receive a larger share of the "public good"
• C) Managers establishing a clear method to identify individual contributions
• D) Managers maintaining the group size from getting overly large
• E) Group members' belief that the others will take up the workload

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