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What limitation did Taylor’s approach have in explaining worker motivation?
IntroductionToBusiness OP 8D04gAa / 9.2. The Hawthorne Studies*
"Though Taylor’s work was a giant step forward in the evolution of management, it had a fundamental flaw in that it assumed that all people are primarily motivated by economic means. Taylor’s successors in the study of management found that motivation is much more complex than he envisioned."
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