Cite this article as: Praveen Shrestha, "Social Loafing," in Psychestudy, December 13, 2017, https://www.psychestudy.com/social/social-loafing. Definition The concept that people are prone to put forward less effort when they are working in a group as opposed to when they are working alone is defined as social loafing. The idea of group works is seen as the way to improve the results in a certain task due to the collective skills, talents and effort of the individuals in the group. However, i...
