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The Power of Interest and Attention - Your Mega Watt Tool for Success

Management Craft

Elton Mayo - Human Problems of an Industrial Civilization , 1946 (from page 116). One salient idea embedded in this statement (and reinforced throughout the book) is that overmanaging employees hinders our ability to accomplish our goals as managers and leaders. Note: You may have heard of the term, "The Hawthorne Effect."

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Uber Shows How Not to Apply Behavioral Economics

Harvard Business Review

Another example I often give concerns the use of fuel- and carbon-efficient flight practices in the airline industry. It’s a well-documented social-science finding called the Hawthorne effect.) All four groups increased their implementation of fuel-efficient behaviors.