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1. Introduction Hawthorne study is one of the most important theories in management training that was started since 1927. And it is also an effect at work. This report will attempt to define the concept of Hawthorne Effect and how was it discovered. 2. What is the Hawthorne Effect The name "Hawthorne Effect" comes from some early work (1927-1932) on organizational measurement done at the Western Electric plant in Hawthorne, Illinois, where management tried to determine optimum levels of factory-floor lighting. Because the employees knew about the study, they responded to each adjustment in light level by increasing productivity. It showed that regardless of the changes made in working conditions -- more breaks, longer breaks or fewer and shorter ones -- productivity increased. These changes apparently had nothing to do with the workers' responses. The workers, or so the story goes, produced more because they saw themselves as special, participants in...

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