HR Digest
JULY 22, 2022
Have you heard about the Hawthorne effect before? The Hawthorne effect is a term used to describe the improvement in employees’ productivity that lasts temporarily. We’ll discuss all there is to know about the Hawthorne effect, the Hawthorne experiment, and how Hawthorne studies human resource management.
The Horizons Tracker
MARCH 2, 2020
Plants have a strong and enduring reputation as a positive influence on our mood and behavior, and so a recent Japanese study from the University of Hyogo should perhaps come as no surprise. It found that even a small plant can have a positive impact on the stress levels of workers.
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Harvard Business Review
AUGUST 1, 2016
So we partnered with Virgin Atlantic Airways on a field experiment to understand how the behavior of employees—in this case, airline captains—influences fuel efficiency, and how low-cost company interventions can influence their behavior. Importantly, however, captains in this group reported 6.5%
Harvard Business Review
APRIL 13, 2017
Uber has been using similar insights to influence drivers’ behavior. ” One such approach, according to Scheiber, compels drivers toward collecting more fares based on the insight from behavioral sciences that people are highly influenced by goals. All four groups increased their implementation of fuel-efficient behaviors.
LDRLB
MAY 12, 2010
Mayo first examined the physical and environmental influences of the workplace and eventually moved into the psychological aspects and their impact on employee motivation as it applies to productivity. Instead, he found the “Hawthorne Effect.”. Mayo began by searching for the right formula for productivity.
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