Hawthorne effectとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

Hawthorne effect (plural Hawthorne effects)

1. A phenomenon whereby a change in the behavior of a subject being studied is an effect of the change itself or the fact of being observed rather than the nature of the change in question.

   Near-synonym: observer bias

   • 2002, Steve M. Jex, Organizational Psychology: A Scientist-Practitioner Approach, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 13:

     In modern organizations, a Hawthorne effect might occur when a relatively trivial change is made in a person's job, and that person initially responds to this change very positively but the effect does not last long.

   • 2006 October, Michiel AJ Kompier, “The “Hawthorne effect” is a myth, but what keeps the story going?”, in Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health, volume 32, number 5, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 402–412:

     Even if methodological shortcomings were waived, there is no proof of a Hawthorne effect in the original data.

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Further reading

• Hawthorne effect on Wikipedia.Wikipedia