When One or More Individuals in the Group Decide to Withhold

question 75

Multiple Choice

When one or more individuals in the group decide to withhold effort in the belief that others are planning to withhold effort,the effect is called the:

• A) free rider effect
• B) slowdown effect
• C) sucker effect
• D) bad apple effect

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Definitions:

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