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Wonder how they controlled for the Hawthorne effect? Mass surveillance is often in the back of one’s mind, but there are few physical reminders. Being fitted w
by sologoub 9y ago
Wonder how they controlled for the Hawthorne effect?
Mass surveillance is often in the back of one’s mind, but there are few physical reminders. Being fitted with equipment that is intended to read your brainwaves definitely would alter the perception of being observed and cause a spike in productivity by itself, without any actual managerial interventions needed.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawthorne_effect https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawthorne_effect
- SubiculumCode 9y agoIn the U.S. there might be relatively few physical reminders, but per various reports, pan-opti police-state surveillance in China results in arrests and disappearances for 'crimes' that we'd consider run-of-the-mill free speech.
- TheForumTroll 9y agoWow..
- sologoub 9y agoWhen it’s not attached to you, you start to tune things out. Most large cities are riddled with cameras and police presence. Granted, they aren’t just disappearing people in the states (most of the time), but that police cruise that just passed you scanned your license plates and analyzed you for likelyhood of a crime. It was in the news, we all read it and I bet you that you never think twice about it.
- freeone3000 9y agoWhy would you control for the Hawthorne effect, if it's aligned with your intended effect?
- tlb 9y agoBecause the Hawthorne effect wears off over time. If you don't control for it, you'll be fooled into adding all kinds of interventions that have no long-term benefit.
- sologoub 9y agoAs @tlb said - it’s temporary and it’s also not sustainable since it relied on essentially stressing your workforce more. Unless you have a fresh supply of “bodies” with equivalent (usually low) skills, you run the risk of burning out your workforce.
- Florin_Andrei 9y agoSeems trivial to do blind tests.