{"id":21626,"date":"2022-02-27T20:55:08","date_gmt":"2022-02-27T19:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/?p=21626"},"modified":"2022-03-07T04:54:36","modified_gmt":"2022-03-07T03:54:36","slug":"social-loafing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2022\/02\/social-loafing\/","title":{"rendered":"Social Loafing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>B2 &#8211; Upper Intermediate<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Generally, when a greater number of people work on a group task, the less effort any one member of the group will work towards accomplishing the goal. This phenomenon is called social loafing. It has been widely studied and identified to know what causes it and to find solutions to its negative effects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Watch the video to know more about social loafing and how to prevent it and be able to answer the questions below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"What is Social Loafing? 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