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A. It holds that workers show poor performance when they know that they are being monitored.
B. It maintains that workers' productivity improves when they are singled out.
C. It occurs only when the mechanisms used to monitor employees are unethical.
D. It holds that managers should not monitor their employees in any situations.


Answer: B

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