Beautiful OB Research .
December 02, 2013
Research Finding . Hawthrone Effect on Productivity
Factory Workers Are More Productive When Managers Can’t See Them !
The Experiment
The Setting : In a factory where mobile data cards were being made, hanging a curtain to conceal workers from managers’ view increased production by 10% to 15% !
The curtain prevented distractions and allowed workers to test productivity-boosting ideas before explaining them to managers.
What Mangers should do :
Managers need to consider not only their individual workers’ privacy on the job but also , GROUP PRIVACY !
Research Conducted by : Ethan S. Bernstein of Harvard Business School.
SOURCE: Hiding From Managers Can Increase Your Productivity
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