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Holding Slacking Coworkers Accountable The study collected responses via an online survey of 549 individuals in August 2012. Margin of error is approximately 4%.

1. Please describe your contribution to your work team. Count Percent

Below the average of my

co-workers6 0.97%

Right at the average of my

co-workers193 31.08%

Above the average of my

co-workers422 67.95%

Total 621 100%

2. How many of your co-workers fail to do their fair share of the work? Count Percent

None 46 7.38%

One or two 360 57.78%

A few 159 25.52%

Quite a few 44 7.06%

Most 10 1.61%

Almost all 4 0.64%

Total 623 100%

3. How much extra work or hassle do you do each week because of co-workerswho fail to do their share? Count Percent

None 40 7.14%

1 to 3 hours a week 332 59.29%



10 or more hours a week 19 3.39%

Total 560 100%

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4. Has the quality of your work ever suffered because you were coping withco-workers who weren’t doing their share? Count Percent

Not at all 79 14.11%

Some extent 346 61.79%

Moderate extent 90 16.07%

Great extent 38 6.79%

Very great extent 7 1.25%

Total 560 100%

5. Who have you spoken with about your co-workers who fail to do their share?(select all that apply) Count Percent

No one 19 1.20%

Other employees in my

department232 14.66%

Other employees in my company117 7.40%

My manager 330 20.86%

The co-worker(s)' manager 125 7.90%

Spouse or family members 261 16.50%

Friends outside of work 156 9.86%

I’ve hinted about it to some of the

co-workers who don’t do their

share, but I haven’t shared my full

concerns

91 5.75%

I’ve hinted about it to each of the


share, but I haven’t shared my full

concerns

69 4.36%

I’ve spoken with some of the


share, and I have completely

shared my concerns with them

102 6.45%

I’ve spoken with each of the


share, and I have completely

shared my concerns with them

61 3.86%

Other 19 1.20%

Total 1582 100%



6. Think of the times when you have shared your full concerns with a co-worker who wasn’t doingtheir share. What impact did the conversation have? (select all that apply) Count Percent

I have never shared my full

concerns158 16.27%

Hurt our working relationship 124 12.77%

Ended up in a bad confrontation 77 7.93%

Hurt my reputation on the team 52 5.36%

Upset my manager 49 5.05%

Didn’t improve the person’s

performance

249 25.64%

Helped our working relationship 70 7.21%

Helped my reputation on the team 36 3.71%

Pleased my manager 40 4.12%

Improved the person’s performance 69 7.11%

Other 47 4.84%

Total 971 100%

7. Think of the times when you haven’t shared your full concerns with a co-worker who wasn’t doingtheir share. Why didn’t you speak to them and share your full concerns? (select all that apply) Count Percent

I have always shared my full

concerns27 2.19%

It isn’t my job to manage them 168 13.63%

Others on the team would have

resented me for trying to manage

a peer

86 6.97%

I didn’t have time 59 4.79%

It wouldn’t have made any

difference in the person’s

performance

202 16.38%

It would have undermined our

working relationship

172 13.95%

They would have retaliated in

some way

155 12.57%

It would have hurt my reputation

for being a team player

80 6.49%

I had no idea how to approach the

conversation

141 11.44%

Others discouraged me from even

trying

70 5.68%

Other 73 5.92%

Total 1233 100%



8. Think of the co-worker who creates the most problems by not doing his/her fair share of the work.Describe this person as he or she appears to you.

Count Percent Very Strongly Disagree Very Strongly Agree

Pleasant 482 4.610

Friendly 482 4.685

Rejecting 473 3.932

Tense 480 4.075

Distant 482 3.919

Cold 477 3.507

Supportive 479 3.541

Boring 477 3.633

Quarrelsome 480 3.950

Gloomy 480 3.763

Open 479 3.526

Backbiting 481 4.139

Untrustworthy 482 4.396

Considerate 477 3.667

Nasty 477 3.434

Agreeable 479 3.921

Insincere 481 4.349

Kind 478 4.126

Average 3.954

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