Formalization Tends to Make Employee Behavior More ____________

question 61

Short Answer

Formalization tends to make employee behavior more ____________.

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Definitions:

Collective Action Problem

A situation where individuals in a group have incentives to not cooperate, despite a cooperative outcome being in their collective best interest, often leading to suboptimal results.

Free-Rider Problem

A situation in which individuals consume more than their fair share of a public resource, or shoulder less than a fair share of the costs of its production, without contributing to its provision.

Coase Theorem

Under certain conditions, when externalities are present, private parties can arrive at the efficient solution without government involvement.

External Cost

External cost is a cost incurred by a third party who did not agree to the action that caused the cost, often seen in pollution or other forms of environmental impact.