Social loafing

Unfair workloads is a reality in nearly every occupation on earth. Those who are diligent at their duties are inevitably saddled with extra duties because of a loafer. Social loafing is defined in our textbook as the “tendency for individuals to lower their work effort after they join a group.” Most of us have been in a group with a loafer, and probably have played the role as well. I have coworkers that are smokers. They generally spend ten minutes of every hour on break. I sometimes think the life expectancy a smoker loses is small compared to the amount of work they were able to shirk by exercising this habit. I've considered starting but like white teeth. Obviously this makes occupational satisfaction suffer. I have pressed for individual tasks at work to make identifying loafers easier for the boss. We’ll see if that helps.