Randy is a team leader at Welldrilling.net. His team is made up of fifteen co-workers. Recently, he has noticed a tendency for s
ome team members to participate much less than others. They seem uninterested and content to let others do the work. This is called: Group of answer choices a)free riding. b)reduced commitment. c)power realignment. d)the costs of coordination. e)self-directed team.
Free riding describes the situation where someone benefits from something without paying for it, working hard to get it or putting any effort into getting it. In economic markets, free riding occurs when employees or people benefit from goods, services and resources that they don’t actually pay for.
It creates problem in goods and service delivery because the resources are either overused or under-produced while those who have access don’t care to provide compensation for the goods. It is common with public goods, non-excludable goods such as government delivered services.
