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HAWTHORNE EFFECT
Initial improvement in a process of production caused by the obtrusive observation of that process. The effect was first noticed in the Hawthorne plant of Western Electric. Production increased not as a consequence of actual changes in working conditions introduced by the plant's management but because management demonstrated interest in such improvements (see self-fulfilling hypothesis). (Krippendorff)
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