What Is the Hawthorne Effect

question 60

Multiple Choice

What is the Hawthorne effect?

• A) the belief that employees are motivated by money alone
• B) the conclusion that workers are more productive if management pays attention to them
• C) the determination that the level of lighting in a workplace has no effect on productivity
• D) the theory that workers are more productive if their jobs are analyzed closely
• E) the unspoken agreement between the employee and the employer

Apply principles of ethical treatment including autonomy, justice, and beneficence.

Understand the significance of adhering to patients' advance directives.

Recognize legal implications of nursing actions concerning patient care and privacy.

Implement appropriate responses to patients expressing a desire for autonomy.

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Definitions:

Economic Profit

The difference between a firm's total revenues and its total costs, including both explicit and implicit costs, representing a profit above the opportunity cost.

Explicit and Implicit Costs

Explicit costs are direct payments made to others in the course of running a business, like wages or rents, while implicit costs represent the opportunity costs of using resources owned by the business.

Marginal Costs

The cost of producing one additional unit of a good or service, reflecting the change in total cost that comes from a one unit increase in output.

Marginal Benefits

The additional benefit received from consuming or producing one more unit of a good or service.