Which of the Following Is NOT True About the Hawthorne

question 81

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT true about the Hawthorne studies?

• A) Wage incentives had no effect on worker productivity.
• B) Insight was gained through nondirective, nonauthoritarian interviews with workers.
• C) Physical fatigue had little effect on worker productivity.
• D) The studies were discontinued because of a shortage of work during the Great Depression.

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