The new hire who showed up is not the same person we interviewed

Re:The new hire who showed up is not the same person we inte... by gzer0 on Monday January 31, 2022 @05:07PM (#30155270)

This is commonly referred to as Yerkes-Dodson Law [1]. This is typically where one's performance, whilst performing a task and being watched while doing said task, will result in decreased output compared to if the individual was not being watched at all.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yerkes%E2%80%93Dodson_law

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Re:The new hire who showed up is not the same person we inte... by MonkeyClub on Tuesday February 01, 2022 @03:49AM (#30160097)

Thanks for the formal name, I always knew it just as the "I can't go while you're watching" syndrome.

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