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watercooler effect

watercooler effect is the alternative form 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

Forms of watercooler effect

pluralwatercooler effects

Questions about watercooler effect

What is watercooler effect the alternative form of?
Watercooler effect is the alternative form of water cooler effect.

Words near watercooler effect in the dictionary

  1. watercolourists
  2. watercolours
  3. watercool
  4. watercooler
  5. watercooler chat
  6. watercooler effect
  7. watercooler effects
  8. watercooler talk
  9. watercoolers
  10. watercourse
  11. watercourses

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