What did Elton Mayo discover from the Hawthorne Experiment?
A)Strong bureaucracy in the organization would make up for a worker's lack of motivation and thus the productivity would remain high.
B)Workers performed better because someone was paying attention to them, which was more than what they were accustomed to receiving at work.
C)Managers treated workers well because they knew that the workers would be hard to replace due to scarcity of labor.
D)Workers' productivity increased because they used the optimum shovel that allowed them to work the whole day without taking too many breaks.

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Elton Mayo discovered that workers' productivity increased not because of changes in working conditions or equipment, but simply because they were being observed and given attention by the researchers. This became known as the "Hawthorne effect."

What Did Elton Mayo Discover from the Hawthorne Experiment