hawthorne effect

Haw·thorne ef·fect

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noun hawthorne effect a positive change in the performance of a group of persons taking part in an experiment or study due to their perception of being singled out for special consideration. 1
noun hawthorne effect improvement in the performance of employees, students, etc, brought about by making changes in working methods, resulting from research into means of improving performance 0
noun hawthorne effect improvement in performance, as by workers or students, resulting from mere awareness that experimental attempts are being made to bring about improvement 0
noun hawthorne effect 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. 0

before 1960

One of the 3% newest English words

First recorded in 1960-65; after the Hawthorne Works of the Western Electric Company, Cicero, Ill., where such an effect was observed in experiments

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