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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%
4 to 6 hours a week 147 26.25%
7 to 9 hours a week 22 3.93%
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
co-workers who don’t do their
share, but I haven’t shared my full
concerns
69 4.36%
I’ve spoken with some of the
co-workers who don’t do their
share, and I have completely
shared my concerns with them
102 6.45%
I’ve spoken with each of the
co-workers who don’t do their
share, and I have completely
shared my concerns with them
61 3.86%
Other 19 1.20%
Total 1582 100%
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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%
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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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