A Series of Experiments Conducted in the 1920s and 1930s

question 43

Multiple Choice

A series of experiments conducted in the 1920s and 1930s with different teams of workers to see what factors might induce them to produce more output were called the __________.

• A) Braverman studies
• B) Hawthorne studies
• C) Milgram obedience studies
• D) Whitehall challenge

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