Which of the following increases social loafing?
A) Assigning specific tasks to each person and hold him or her accountable for their completion
B) Members being told that if they exert additional efforts, they will receive a larger share of the "public good"
C) Managers establishing a clear method to identify individual contributions
D) Managers maintaining the group size from getting overly large
E) Group members' belief that the others will take up the workload

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Social loafing occurs when individuals reduce their effort when working in a group because they believe that their own contribution is not crucial to the outcome. Group members' belief that others will take up the workload can lead to social loafing as they do not feel that their individual efforts are needed or valued.

Which of the Following Increases Social Loafing