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Radiologist Productivity Increases With Real-Time Monitoring: The Hawthorne Effect

2015; Elsevier BV; Volume: 12; Issue: 11 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.jacr.2015.03.041

1558-349X

Arif S. Kidwai, Hani H. Abujudeh,

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People produce more when they are monitored. This simple principle forms the basis of the Hawthorne Effect, historically described as the increase in human manufacturing productivity when it is formally observed and measured [ 1 Weber A. The Hawthorne Works. Available at: http://www.assemblymag.com/articles/88188-the-hawthorne-works. Accessed March 2, 2015. Google Scholar ]. The Hawthorne Effect is based on research conducted during the 1920s, when Western Electric’s Hawthorne Works in Cicero, Illinois, just outside of Chicago, began an 8-year project to study human factors that affect manufacturing productivity [ 1 Weber A. The Hawthorne Works. Available at: http://www.assemblymag.com/articles/88188-the-hawthorne-works. Accessed March 2, 2015. Google Scholar ]. Researchers conducted “illuminating experiments,” altering worker’s lighting conditions while recording other factors, including temperature, humidity, and social interactions, to identify the conditions that affected productivity [ 2 Anteby M, Khurana R. A new vision: illumination studies and relay assembly test room. Available at: http://www.library.hbs.edu/hc/hawthorne/03.html. Accessed March 3, 2015. Google Scholar ]. ErratumJournal of the American College of RadiologyVol. 13Issue 1PreviewDue to an oversight in the JACR offices, JACR failed to notify its readers of a conflict of interest declared by the corresponding author of “Radiologist Productivity Increases With Real-Time Monitoring: The Hawthorne Effect,” published in the November 2015 issue. Dr. Kidwai is the owner of software used in conducting the research. Neither Dr. Arif S. Kidwai nor his co-author, Dr. Hani Abujudeh is in any way responsible for this error. Full-Text PDF