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The Hawthorne Effect will reduce employee turnover
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The Hawthorne Effect will reduce employee turnover

It used to be about light bulbs in Illinois factories. Now it's about listening to, and engaging with, the people who work for you.

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Ted Bauer
Nov 20, 2016
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Written before about employee turnover (and ideally reducing it), and now we're going to add a new wrinkle to this whole deal: the Hawthorne Effect. What's that, you ask? Good question. Per Wikipedia, the Hawthorne Effect is "when individuals modify or improve an aspect of their behavior in response to being observed." This all comes from a place called…

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