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Mitigating Social Loafing through Evaluation
Research indicates that social loafing can be alleviated by introducing personal accountability. This reduction in individual effort is least likely to occur when group members know their specific contributions will be assessed by an authority figure, such as a manager in a workplace or an instructor in a classroom setting, or when they are required to complete self-evaluations.
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A project manager is leading a team of four software developers tasked with creating a new mobile application. The final product will be a collective effort, and all team members will share equally in the project's success or failure. The manager is concerned about the potential for some team members to reduce their individual effort, relying on others to complete the work. Which of the following actions would be the MOST effective strategy to counteract this tendency?
Mitigating Social Loafing through Evaluation