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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Definitions:

Total Entropy

In thermodynamics, it refers to the measure of the total amount of disorder or randomness in a system, often relating to the system's energy dispersal and the direction of spontaneous processes.

Forward Reaction

A chemical reaction where reactants convert into products, typically described from the perspective of proceeding in the direction written in a chemical equation.

Reverse Reaction

A chemical reaction in which the products reform the original reactants, effectively reversing the forward reaction.

Total Bond Energy

The sum of all the energy required to break all the bonds of a molecule into its constituent atoms, reflecting the stability of the molecule.