How have the findings of the Hawthorne studies been criticized?
What will be an ideal response?
Interviews conducted years after the Hawthorne studies with a small number of actual study participants and a reanalysis of data raised doubts about a number of the original conclusions. The conclusion that supportive managers helped boost productivity is considered incorrect by critics. Instead, the fear of job loss during the Great Depression and managerial discipline, not the practices of supportive managers, are considered responsible for the higher rate of productivity in the relay assembly test room experiments.
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