Often times co-workers are put together as a team to work on a project. When this happens then it is very likely that some team members will 'shirk' their responsibilities and watch the others do the work. In the literature, this is especially true if they know that others make more money than them. How can management overcome this situation? Have you encountered this problem? I have. Incidentally, a graduate student in the Ph.D. program I attended wrote his dissertation along this subject. He related this topic to NBA basketball. Each player on the team is a team member. Will some slack off and others work harder? Will there be those who do not get paid as much as the stars not pass the ball to the stars and keep the ball for themselves? He did a study on the Chicago Bulls team when they had Michael Jordan and he found that the number of assists where on par with all the other teams. This went counter to what the literature says. What do you think this student's reasoning was for this?