霍桑研究是19世纪20年代美国西方电器公司的霍桑工厂进行的一个实验。实验是要测定需要多大的照明度,才能使工人取得最大的产量。然而最初的结果令研究者们大失所望:照明强度和工人的生产率之间没有绝对的关系。后来,改换了作法:每次变换的灯泡功率都相同,让工人误以为亮度更大了。结果是每换一次,都使产量有所提高,证明实验 Hawthorne's study was an experiment conducted at the Hawthorne plant of the United States Western Electric Company in the 1820s. The experiment is to determine how much illumination is needed to maximize the worker's productivity. However, the initial results disappointed researchers: there is no absolute relationship between lighting intensity and worker productivity. Later, the practice was changed: the power of the lamp was the same for each conversion, giving the worker a false impression that the brightness was greater. The result is that for each change, the output is increased, proving the experiment