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Hawthorne effect — ☆ Hawthorne effect n. [after the Hawthorne Works of the Western Electric Co. in Cicero, Ill., where studies of worker performance were made in 1927] improvement in performance, as by workers or students, resulting from mere awareness that… … English World dictionary
Hawthorne effect — Haw‧thorne ef‧fect ➔ effect … Financial and business terms
Hawthorne effect — The Hawthorne effect is a form of reactivity whereby subjects improve or modify an aspect of their behavior being experimentally measured simply in response to the fact that they know they are being studied,[1][2] not in response to any… … Wikipedia
hawthorne effect — Study which found that any changes in working conditions improved productivity. ► “Hawthorne effect refers to the findings of a 1924 study that measured the correlation between specific working conditions and output. It showed that productivity … American business jargon
hawthorne effect — ˈhȯˌthȯrn , ˌthȯ(ə)n noun Usage: usually capitalized H Etymology: from the Hawthorne Works of the Western Electric Co., Cicero, Ill., where the effect s existence was established by experiment : the stimulation to increase output or… … Useful english dictionary
Hawthorne effect — noun Etymology: from the Hawthorne Works of the Western Electric Co., Cicero, Ill., where its existence was established by experiment Date: 1962 the stimulation to output or accomplishment that results from the mere fact of being under… … New Collegiate Dictionary
Hawthorne effect — /ˈhɔθɔn əfɛkt/ (say hawthawn uhfekt) noun the theoretical phenomenon of increase in worker productivity being less greatly promoted by changes to individual working environments, office procedures, etc., than by greater degrees of communication… …
Hawthorne effect — noun An effect on a study due to a change, due to being observed, in the behavior of a subject being studied … Wiktionary
the Hawthorne effect — UK US noun ► HR the theory that people’s performance at work improves if they know they are being studied or being given special attention by management: »The fact that people who knew they were taking part in the study performed better may have… … Financial and business terms
Hawthorne — may refer to:People* Charles Webster Hawthorne (1872 1930), American painter * Donald Hawthorne (1926 2003), American yeast geneticist * Dustin Hawthorne, bassist in the Victoria based band Hot Hot Heat. * Frank Hawthorne (born 1946), Canadian… … Wikipedia
