A Manager Makes Several Changes in His Employees' Working Environment

question 55

Short Answer

A manager makes several changes in his employees' working environment to see if morale increases. Assuming the Hawthorne Effect is operating, which of the following is most likely to result?
Employees will be annoyed with the changes.
Some of the changes will work better than others.
There will be no effect because the cause of the employees' morale problems has not been identified.
No environmental changes can be made in the employees' work environment due to the nature of their work.
Employee productivity will increase irrespective of which changes are made.

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