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water cooler effects

water cooler effects is the plural of water cooler effect.

Meaning of water cooler effect

Noun

water cooler effect (plural water cooler effects)

  1. The tendency of employees to gather informally around a water cooler in order to socialize and to share information.
    • The water cooler effect represents a belief that conversations that develop in and around a water fountain, or in a cafeteria, significantly enable knowledge transfer, which indirectly contributes to positive work relationships [10].2007, Geilson Loureiro, Richard Curran, Complex Systems Concurrent Engineering, page 719

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What is water cooler effects the plural of?
Water cooler effects is the plural of water cooler effect.

Words near water cooler effects in the dictionary

  1. water conditioners
  2. water content
  3. water cooler
  4. water cooler chat
  5. water cooler effect
  6. water cooler effects
  7. water cooler talk
  8. water coolers
  9. water core
  10. water cores
  11. water couch

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