When Team Members Fear That Individuals Are Obtaining Benefits of the Group

question 73

Multiple Choice

When team members fear that individuals are obtaining benefits of the group without contributing, a phenomenon may occur in which those team members withhold effort in the belief that those individuals who don't contribute are planning to withhold effort as well. This is known as

• A) the sucker effect.
• B) the free rider problem.
• C) the bad apple effect.
• D) compliance conformity problem.

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