Frederick Taylor referred to the tendency of employees to work at the slowest pace possible and to produce at the minimum acceptable level as ________.

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This is known as "systematic soldiering," as described by Frederick Taylor, who believed that workers were motivated by money and that incentives could be used to increase productivity. He felt that workers would naturally form a "soldiering" culture in which they worked at the slowest possible pace and produced at a minimal level, unless measures were taken to incentivize and encourage them to work at a higher level of productivity.

Frederick Taylor Referred to the Tendency of Employees to Work