A REPORT ON SOCIAL

LOAFING
SUBMITTED BY : GROUP 9

SIDHANT AIREN

SHIVANI SINGH

VARTIKA GUPTA

SURABHI KHANDELWAL

PRAKASH VEER VERMA

History: Max Ringelmann , a French agriculture engineer propsed the theory of
social loafing in the later half of the 19th century.

CASE:He observed a pecuilar behaviour in the social psychology of a group

while he was observing two men pushing a two wheeled cart, what really
amused him or caught his attention was the fact that by doubling or tripling the
number of men performing the task didnt produce doubling or triping of the
output that is their collective effort or work done was relatively less as
compared to their individual efforts.
CASESTUDY:
http://www.socialpsychology.myewebsite.com/articles/studies.html
What is Social Loafing?
Ans.: Social loafing is the phenomenon in which people exert less of an
effort than their individual ability when working collectively on a task. , as a
result productivity reduces , damage the professional relationships and
eventually leads to a bad working environment.

Why does Social Loafing occurs?

Ans.: Groups provide such wonderful camouflage , that people get a chance to
shy away from their responsibilities.
Underlying reasons for Social Loafing:
Lack of Motivation : Motivation levels are in direct coherence with the group
performance.
People expect other to Loaf : Getting complacent under a false presumption that
perhaps others will flounder or slack as well.
Anonymity : Individuals becomes more and more anonymous as the group size
or dynamics increases.if all goes well everyone gets the credit and if dont all
fingures would be poking you , you become the sole person responsible.
No set standards or guidelines : Lack of focus or clear set of objectives , often
lead people to astray.
How to prevent Social Loafing, or perhaps reduce it?
Ans.: Meaningless tasks and putting them in random groups two of the basic
tenets of social loafing:
Task Relevence or Importance : People tend to perfom better or loaf less when
they understand the criticality of the task.
Impart a sense or feeling of responsibility : One for all and all for one, once
such a feeling is imbibed in their hearts people tends to work more harder.
Set the rules for engagement : setting a clear cut set of ground rules ,reduces the
chances of people falling astray.