The attention shown to the employees by experimenters positively biases their productivity.This phenomenon is known as the _____ effect.
A) Bethlehem Steel
B) Hawthorne
C) Gantt and Cooke
D) Lincoln Electric
E) McCormick

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The Hawthorne effect refers to the phenomenon where employees' productivity is positively influenced when they receive attention from experimenters or supervisors. This was observed in the famous Hawthorne studies conducted at Western Electric's Hawthorne plant in the 1920s and 1930s, where workers' output increased regardless of the experimental manipulation of working conditions.

The Attention Shown to the Employees by Experimenters Positively Biases