During the Cold War years,the collective Russian farms had spectacularly low yields,whereas small,private plots kept by Russian citizens had phenomenally high yields.One reason for the poor production output of large,collective Soviet farms is

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Social loafing refers to the phenomenon where individuals exert less effort when working collectively in a group than when working individually. In the context of collective farms during the Cold War, this concept explains the low productivity as individuals may have felt less personally responsible for the output, leading to reduced effort compared to when they worked on their own small, private plots.

During the Cold War Years,the Collective Russian Farms Had Spectacularly