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Hawthorne effect
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Etymology
en 1953 Q6253955 1en Jessica M. Utts Mind on Statistics 2021 6th Cengage Learning 222 https://books.google.com/books?id=npQMEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA222&dq=%22Hawthorne+effect%22+French&hl=&cd=5&source=gbs_api#v=onepage&q=%22Hawthorne%20effect%22%20French&f=false 978-1-337-79488-6 Robert F. Heckard after a study conducted by Elton Mayo in 1924-1932 at the Hawthorne Works, a large factory complex in Cicero, Illinois (formerly Hawthorne).
Noun
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.
en observer bias
en 2002 Steve M. Jex Organizational Psychology: A Scientist-Practitioner Approach John Wiley & Sons 9780471219057 13 https://books.google.com/books?id=uWnoIICUSdoC&pg=PA13&dq=%22Hawthorne+effect%22&hl=&cd=4&source=gbs_api#v=onepage&q=%22Hawthorne%20effect%22&f=false 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.
en Michiel AJ Kompier The “Hawthorne effect” is a myth, but what keeps the story going? Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health 402–412 2006 October 32 5 0355-3140 10.5271/sjweh.1036 Even if methodological shortcomings were waived, there is no proof of a Hawthorne effect in the original data.
Translations
Finnish: fi Hawthorne-ilmiö
French: fr effet Hawthorne m
German: de Beobachtereffekt m, de Hawthorne-Effekt m
Hebrew: he
Polish: pl efekt Hawthorne m-in
Portuguese: pt
Russian: ru хо́торнский эффе́кт m
Spanish: es
Swedish: sv
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