"The leaders of the research group concluded that productivity increased, not as a result of any of their contrived stimuli, but rather as a result of the absence of any authoritarian supervision and the interest shown in employees by the researchers." The previous statement is related to which of the following studies that contributed to modern supervision principles?
A) Hawthorne
B) Hawkins
C) Likert
D) Gestalt

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The statement refers to the Hawthorne studies, which were a series of experiments conducted at the Hawthorne works of the Western Electric Company in Chicago. These studies showed that productivity increased not because of any changes in the physical conditions of the workplace, but due to the attention given to workers by their supervisors and researchers. The experiments showed the importance of human relations in the workplace and contributed to the development of modern supervisory principles.

"The Leaders of the Research Group Concluded That Productivity Increased