A professor of management has designed a field experiment at a local manufacturing firm .To collect the data he will visit the firm and observe behavior and is worried that the employees may change their behavior in response to his presence .This is known as the:
A)Displacement affect
B)Hawthorne effect
C)Louis effect
D)Alteration effect

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The correct answer is the Hawthorne effect, which refers to the phenomenon where individuals alter their behavior in response to their awareness of being observed. This effect was named after a series of experiments conducted at the Hawthorne Works, where researchers found that workers' productivity changed simply because they were being studied, not necessarily due to any specific changes in their work conditions.

A Professor of Management Has Designed a Field Experiment at a Local