What’s the Ratio of Jerks and Slackers to Pleasant, Productive Faculty Members at Your School?

The ABA Journal reports here on a study that suggests that "bad apples—such as slackers, pessimists, and angry or nasty people—can have a bigger impact at work than top performers."

Negative workers can reduce enthusiasm and change the mood, according to research (PDF) by Will Felps, Terence Mitchell and Eliza Byington. In one experiment, Felps found that just one slacker or jerk in a group can bring down performance by 30 percent to 40 percent.

To be sure, a law school is not a typical employer and law faculty members (especially ones with tenure) aren't typical employees.  So I wonder how the ratio of jerks/slackers to pleasant, productive faculty members might factor in the law school context.  

If there are a number of faculty members who don't do their share of committee work, for example, faculty members who do lots of committee work will resent those who do not.  That resentment might lead "productive" faculty members to become "slackers" with respect to committee work.

On the scholarship front, faculty members who are produtive will resent unproductive faculty members who receive the same raises and recognition.  That being said, lack of scholarly output by some faculty members probably will not cause "productive" faculty members to stop publishing.  

As for a school's overall faculty culture, it only takes one jerk to bring down entire the tone of faculty debate.