Is social loafing associated with individual projects or group projects?
Answer Of course, social loafing is associated with individual projects or group projects. The incidence of social loafing increases with the scope of the project and the size of the group assigned to the project. Social loafing is a behavior that organizations want to eliminate, because it has negative impact on performance of organizations. Social loafing has several causes. The main explanation for social loafing is that people feel unmotivated when working with a team, because they think that their contributions will not be evaluated or considered. According to Max Ringelmanns study, the social loafer believes that his personal work will not be evaluated. If he is dividing up the work to be performed or the amount of reward he expects to receive, he will work less hard in group projects. Social loafing is a pervasive phenomenon, but it does not occur when team members feel that the task or the team itself is important. They will work harder when they feel their particular tasks or
