Vincent is the creative director at Greene & Kumar, a leading advertising agency. The company had been approached by a clien
t who wants to market a product in a different country. Vincent established a development team and put Greg in charge of market research. After three weeks, all the other team members finished their share of work, except Greg. Greg had been procrastinating and had not completed his work. As a result of this, the project was indefinitely delayed. In this scenario, Greg's actions exemplify
In this scenario, Greg's actions exemplify social loafing.
Explanation:
Greg's action are exemplifying the term social loafing. In social psychology, social loafing is used to refer to individuals who, when working in groups, exert less effort. It offers an explanation as to why some groups can be inefficient. There are people who present this tendency to not work hard when they know others are working. They are less effective and productive when working in a group than they are when working by themselves and when they are responsible for their own results and productivity.
<span>One should be careful about what is said to another person unless you have that type of relationship. I find that I can only freely discuss things with people I know and trust and consider very good friends.</span>
