Social loafing behaviour among secondary school students in relation to their value orientation

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Mona Vij (Ramgarhia College of Education, Phagwara, Punjab)

Modern education demands the use of co-operative and collaborative strategies of learning. Many of life’s most important tasks can only be accomplished in groups, and many group tasks are collective tasks that require the pooling of individual members inputs to achieve a common goal. Each member of the group contributes less than they would if they were individually responsible and this tendency of individuals is known as social loafing. There is complex link between social loafing and value orientation. Values go on updating with the growth of the students. To inculcate good values in the students there should be positive relation with each other’s. The values formation can be influenced by gender. If individuals within a group feel that their productivity or inputs are not identifiable than social loafing is likely to occur. The present study is an investigation of social loafing behaviour among secondary school students in relation to their value orientation. In the present study purposive sampling technique was adopted. The population from which the sample selected was class IX students of District Kapurthala. The major findings are Students studying in different type of school, i.e., government and private differ significantly in overall task conditions of social loafing behaviour. Correlation between social loafing and value orientation shows that Value of the student is directly depends upon the school environment and It is important to make group members feel that their contribution are essential for the group success. In school, there should be well trained teacher and well equipped infrastructure, which will create a healthy environment to inspire students for group task.