Similarly, sportsmanship is also expected to be posi- tively related to work group performance. The more will- ing employees are to be "good sports" and go along with necessary changes in their work environment, the less time and energy a manager wastes in getting their cooperation. Thus, sportsmanship allows managers to devote a greater proportion of their time to productive activities like plan- ning, scheduling, problem solving, and organizational analysis. In addition, a lack of sportsmanship is likely to have detrimental effects on group cohesiveness and make the atmosphere in the workplace less attractive to co- workers.This might be expected to reduce the organiza- tion's or work group's ability to attract or retain the most productive workers.