HAWTHORNE EFFECT


Meaning of HAWTHORNE EFFECT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈhȯ-ˌthȯrn- ]

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 observation ; also : such an increase in output or accomplishment

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