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| Haw·thorne ef·fect [ háw thàwrn i fèkt ] |
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effect resulting from conducting study: an effect in social research in which findings are attributable to the attention of researchers to the subjects of their research rather than to factors significant to the research topic. An example is when variables of both a positive and a negative nature produce the same effect.
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| [Mid-20th century. After a plant of the Western Electric Company in Cicero (Chicago, Illinois)] |
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