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Understanding the Hawthorne Effect by roydimel is a document available to read on EtoBox.
The Hawthorne effect refers to changes in behavior that occur when individuals know they are being observed as part of a study. It originated from experiments conducted in the 1920s-1930s at the Hawthorne Works factory outside Chicago. The experiments found that increased productivity resulted from changes in work conditions as well as from the attention received by the workers. The Hawthorne effect demonstrates that social and psychological factors in the workplace can significantly influence human behavio
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