The only effective way to guard against social loafing is for managers to make special efforts to do this
A) be fair to all group members
B) treat all group members equally
C) assess individual contributions of group members
D) assess the group as a whole exclusively
Answer: C
Explanation: Social loafing is not a question of fair treatment for all group members. Groups can be treated with absolute fairness and still end up with a significant amount of social loafing. Assessing the group as a whole is the opposite of what might combat social loafing as a group assessment allows loafers greater, not less, opportunity to hide behind collective group accomplishments, making "assess the group as a whole exclusively" an incorrect response. The only real way to fight social loafing is to make group members responsible for both the group's performance and their own individual performance, making "assess individual contributions of group members" the correct response.
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