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ERIC Number: EJ194022
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1978-Nov
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What Caused the Hawthorne Effect?
Parsons, H. McIlvaine
Administration and Society, v10 n3 p259-83 Nov 1978
Together, information feedback and differential reward could account for the gradually increasing productivity in the Hawthorne plant, especially in an explanatory framework of response shaping in operant conditioning. (Author/IRT)
Descriptors: Employees, Feedback, Productivity, Reinforcement, Research Methodology, Tables (Data)
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Language: English
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