COOPERATION AND COMPETITION IN WORK GROUPS

• Cooperation


  is critical to the effective functioning of workgroups/teams and organizations.
• Reciprocity rule 


  the tendency for persons to pay back those to whom they are indebted for assistance
• Task interdependence 


  the degree to which an individual’s task performance depends on the efforts or skills of others
• Social loafing 


  the phenomenon whereby individuals working in groups exert less effort than when working alone
• Competition


  the process whereby group members are pitted against one another to achieve individual goals