Hawthorne Experiments

The video discusses the Hawthorne studies conducted at a Western Electric Company facility near Chicago. These studies aimed to find ways to improve worker productivity. A key experiment involved varying the amount of light to see its effect on productivity. Surprisingly, even in low light conditions, productivity was higher than the baseline. This led to the discovery of the Hawthorne effect, which suggests that people change their behavior when they know they are being observed.

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