When Mayo Elton did his now-classic experiment on worker productivity,he found that he could increase productivity by changing variables in a work environment,but that changing variables back also increased productivity.What did he conclude was the true cause of the increase in productivity?

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Mayo Elton concluded that the true cause of the increase in productivity was the effect of being studied, also known as the Hawthorne effect. This means that workers changed their behavior and productivity simply because they knew they were being observed and studied. The changes in variables, such as lighting and breaks, were not the actual causes of the increase in productivity.

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