Meaning of Hawthorne effect | Babel Free

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A phenomenon whereby a change in the behavior of a subject being studied is an effect of the change itself or the fact of being observed rather than the nature of the change in question.

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“In modern organizations, a Hawthorne effect might occur when a relatively trivial change is made in a person's job, and that person initially responds to this change very positively but the effect does not last long.”

“Even if methodological shortcomings were waived, there is no proof of a Hawthorne effect in the original data.”

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