01 AUTHORS’ NOTE 02 WHAT IS FREE DRIVER 03 CAUSES OF BEING A FREE RIDER 04 EFFECTS ON BEING A FREE RIDER 05 HOW TO PREVENT FROM BEING A FREE RIDER 06 WHAT RELATES SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY TO FREE RIDER 07 REFERENCES TABLE CONTENT OF
Good day and hi everyone ! First of all, I would to thank everyone that contribute in our e-magazine project namely Free Rider: MOOCHERS G ET LOST ! I also would like to thank our beloved lecturer, Madam Nurul Huda for the , my fellow groupmates for the cooperation and commitment they given during the pro, my fellow groupmates for the cooperation and commitment they given during the process ofcess of making our e-magazine and to everyone who indirectly involved in our e-magazine project. My hope for our e magazine is that to make the society realize that free riders should not be a culture in any fields such as education field, working field and etc. All in all, I hope peoples find our e magazine as something to guide them in order to face the free riders in their group. Thank you and have a nice day everyone ! ADRIEL ANDRESON GREY ANAK NAXWEL ANIS SAKINAH BINTI MAZLAN Assalamualaikum and warm greetings to our beloved readers. First and foremost I would like to express my utmost gratitude to our lovely lecturer, Madam Nurulhuda who has given us this opportunity to work on this magazine along with her guidance all the way. My group members and I are truly grateful to be able to conduct a thorough research on the habits of free riding which we ourselves, must be fully aware of in order to take extra precautions during our studies here as foundation students where we are required to do many group assignments. Besides that, I would also like to thank my parents who have always acted as my backbone by supporting me with positive cheers in all that I do. Last but not least, my thanks goes out to my fellow group mates who have all worked hard in making this project a success. It is our greatest pleasure to present this magazine to you and we hope that what we’ve poured our soul efforts into, would somewhat bring benefit for all. Thank you!
NUR FAARISAH EZATY BINTI ZIKRI Assalamualaikum and hi everyone,I would like to thank to those who are involved in the making of this free rider e magazine,especially,our beloved lecturer,Madam Nurul Huda,my fellow groupmates and to everyone who has given a good contribution on the making of the e magazine.I hope this magazine would open the public’s eyes about the realization of free riders in our society.Lastly,I hope a lot of people would find our e magazine as something beneficial.thanks! goodbye and have a nice day Assalamualaikum and hi! First of all, I would like to thank my lecturer for giving me and my friends the opportunity to explore our creativity while creating this magazine. Special thanks to my group mates for contributing energy and time as well as coming up with great ideas and skills throughout the process. I hope the readers will learn and gain something from this magazine! Moreover, we believe that most of the readers can relate to our topic, especially for the who have worked in a group. Hopefully, this article will open our minds about the free rider issue.Thank you and enjoy ! NADIA AFIQAH BINTI IMRAN SITI RABIATUL ADAWIYAH BINTI KHAIRULAMBRI Assalamualaikum, hi and hellooo readers! You’ve made a good choice by reading this magazine. First of all, thank you to none other than Madam Huda, who is our beloved Law036’s lecturer, my awesome groupmates and eventually all of the people that had helped. Thanks to all of you, this masterpiece can be born. I can definitely assure you, by the end of the magazine, you would fully understand this topic. That’s all for now, have a good day ahead :)
“ No one should get a free ride. Except maybe bus drivers. ”
IN GENERAL, ANYONE WHO WANTS OTHERS TO PAY FOR A PUBLIC GOOD BUT INTENDS TO USE IT THEMSELVES IS CONSIDERED A FREE RIDER,IF MANY INDIVIDUALS ENGAGE IN THIS BEHAVIOUR, THE PUBLIC GOOD MAY NEVER BE GIVEN.FREE RIDERS TRY TO USE THE PUBLIC GOOD WITHOUT PAYING FOR IT SO IT RESULTS WHERE MARKETS FREQUENTLY STRUGGLE TO PRODUCE THEM. Have you ever heard of free rider? Have you experienced of being free ridered or being the free rider itself? So basically what is free rider itself? FREE RIDER? WHAT IS Free riding occurs when one or more group members decide to refrain from participating in the groups' task or assignment; this often creates difficulties with group dynamics because it places an added responsibility upon other group members to compensate for the free rider's lack of effort (Kerr & Bruun, 1983). Free riders are individuals who decide not to participate in cooperative learning group activities and often lower the group’s morale, productivity, and effectiveness. As for example, free rider may be present in a group assignment. Even in reality or based on personal experiences, free riders tend to not to commit in a group assignment, they didn’t do any of their work nor give cooperation in group assignment. Hence, free rider always give a burden to their groupmates because it will affects their group marks.
Studies have shown that group work offers great possibilities for deeper learning compared to some more traditional teaching formats, but it can also lead to some new problems such as freeriding. Different aspects of group psychology and behaviour as well as impropriate group sizes can be used to explain why and how free-riding develops in groups. With careful course planning teachers can seriously discourage students from free-riding. Especially the grading system should be carefully chosen not to promote freeriding but to stimulate deeper learning
Having free riders in a group can be a burden to us. However, if we want to tackle this problem, we must analyse the reasons behind this kind of behaviour. Firstly, the main contribution to this issue is the free riders themselves refuse to seek for assistance when they do need it. For example, some of them do not know what to do or how to do something and they just leave it for other people to settle it for them instead of asking for guidance. CAUSBEINFFRREEEE RSecondly, the problem is also caused by other group members due to the bias in division of labour. Even though group work tries to promote inclusion, group members may think that it is best to not let someone who lack certain skills to contribute to the project as it may lower the group’s overall grade. This might sound simple but, in the end, the ones that get more work might get overwhelmed and just not contribute to the group work at all and worst, the ones that wasn’t allowed to contribute might be considered a free rider even thought it was decided by the group that they would not be allowed to participate. Other than that, the embarrassment of not understanding the task given also contributes to free riding. A study has shown that a student who feels inadequate can think that their lack of participation in the project will go unnoticed.
ES OF NG A RIDER Börjesson et al. (2006) suggest that in some cases, such as when the project assessment is only in the form of a group mark, free-riding is encouraged by other group members if a particular member is believed to not hold skills relevant to the project. Although contrary to the aims of inclusivity that group work attempts to promote, it may be considered by the group members to be in their best interest to not allow an individual to contribute to the project if they believe it will diminish the group’s overall grade. Vernon (2008) states that students who do not establish themselves early on as possessing skills necessary to the completion of the project are in the most difficult position. I would go so far as to suggest that students who intend at the start of the project to contribute fully to it nevertheless through these effects, find themselves in a position of being an involuntary free rider.
Free rider generally have a lot of negative effects. Not just individually, but also to the members and the group as a whole. Here are few of the common examples :
TO THE FREE RIDER Be transferred as a ‘learned skill’ to the workplace setting Limit the skills and content that may be acquired from working in a group Students who rely on these behaviors would become “proficient” at it The free rider would repeat it again and making them better at free riding. TO THE MEMBERS Frustration of other members in the group The reduction of group member’s motivation to complete the task Those group members who feel they must or should make up for this lack of participation may feel negatively about the use of groups and view them as facilitating or reinforcing a lack of teamwork and team building TO THE GROUP Often creates difficulties with group dynamics because it places an added responsibility upon other group members to compensate for the free rider’s lack of effort Reduce group effectiveness, efficiency, and morale A source of conflict or group dissatisfaction occurs when one member of the group becomes dominant
Ifthere are causes & effects, obviously there will be prevention too
Increase the task's significance. When they don't believe a task is important, people frequently procrastinate. They typically work harder and more efficiently when they are aware of how important their efforts are. Let them see what their classmates are doing. Sometimes folks merely are unaware that they are doing below average. In case everything else fails, seek guidance. It can be helpful to get right to the source occasionally. What if you went up to a slacker and said this? I wanted to ask for your advice on how to persuade some team members to participate more because I'm attempting to achieve that. Create special obligations. People want to be nice; they want to include everyone and offend no one, which causes many groups to overgrow. Reduce the group size. It's simple to wonder whether individual efforts matter when working in a big team. Bolster your connections. It could be time to focus on the connection if it's difficult to alter the task or the outcomes. People don't worry too much about disappointing strangers and acquaintances, but they feel bad about failing to support their friends. HOW TO PREVENT FROM BEING A FREE RIDER
W H AT R E LAT E S S O C I A L P S Y C H O L O G Y T O free riders F r e e r i d i n g S o c i a l P s y c h o l o g y How does this relate to social psychology? Well.. in a state when an individual is unknown and unfamiliar among a huge number of people in a single group, numerous research by social psychologists has shown that these situations plays a vital role in noncompliance. Why? These individuals would tend to feel that they do not need to contribute themselves to do much work in an environment where most people would not really notice the importance of their presence. Hence, making them act in a less responsible manner. They would assume that others would automatically be willing to take their place in doing their parts of the task.
F r e e r i d i n g S o c i a l P s y c h o l o g y Another way we can look at it ! Free riders usually prioritise their selfinterest above all. In other words, they tend to take advantage of others with a bold assumption that people around them don’t mind doing it for them. This implies that all they care about are their own personal gains without really taking consideration of others around them ! “It’s okay, I’m sure someone else will work on it eventually ! It will be fairly graded after all.” S e l f i s h n e s s I g n o r a n c e Without them noticing at all… This is the main cause of conflict and problems within the group while adding a huge load of work for everyone else. Sounds unfair right? —It is !! Therefore… Pay close attention to your group members and be sure to take necessary measures when you do come across free riders.
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