Which of the Following Statements Demonstrates How the Hawthorne Studies

question 86

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements demonstrates how the Hawthorne studies affected industrial and organizational (I-O) psychology?

• A)The studies reinforced the principles of scientific management.
• B)The studies confirmed the idea that what was good for business was good for the employee.
• C)The studies persuasively demonstrated that the workplace is a social system populated by human beings.
• D)All of these.

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