The knowledge that one was being observed and the expectation that changes to one's work environment should change productivity is a finding of which famous research experiment?
A) The time and motion studies.
B) The Hawthorne studies.
C) The scientific management studies.
D) The observational studies.

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In the Hawthorne studies, researcher Elton Mayo (an Australian psychologist) and his colleagues set out initially to study the effects of changes in the physical work environment in Western Electric's Hawthorne Plan (e.g. lighting levels and length of work breaks) on productivity. They concluded that subtle social aspects of the work environment seemed to affect productivity.

The Knowledge That One Was Being Observed and the Expectation