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-- The Tragedy of the Commons in the Katz & Kahn, '78 chapter on conflict.


From Katz (1964). (The Salt Babies)
-- "The patterned activity which makes up an organization is so intrinsically a cooperative set of interrelationships, that we are not aware of the co-operative nexus any more than we are of any habitual behavior like walking. Within every workgroup in a factory, within any division in a government bureau, or within any department
of a university are countless acts of co-operation without which the system would break down. We take these everyday acts for granted ..." (p. 132).
-- Note the story of the salt babies and how the mistake was accidentally discovered by someone who broke a rule and put the stuff in his coffee. Not

From Katz & Kahn (1978)
 
Katz, D. (1964). The motivational basis of organizational behavior. Behavioral Science, 9, 131-146.
        
Katz, D., & Kahn, R. L. (1978). The social psychology of organizations. New York: Wiley.
 


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