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Expectation Effects in Organizational Change

Administrative Science QuarterlyPublished 1 June 1974
Albert S. King
Citations120
SJR quartileQ1
SJR score10.39
SNIP3.42

Abstract

Albert S. King The experiment reported here was conducted at four plants owned by the same company during a 12-month period. Managers were given artificial reports about previous findings obtained in implementing job enlargement and job rotation programs. Led to expect higher productivity as a result of these organizational innovations, the managers increased their plant output during the experiment period.

Keywords

Psychology