The researchers who conducted "The Hawthorne Study" were brought in by the General Electric Company to determine if changes in lighting and color schemes would increase worker productivity. Worker output did increase after every visit to the plant but the team of researchers from the University of Chicago. However, the researchers found that this increase in production was due to....... The fact that plant supervisors worked the employees harder when researchers were in the plant. The fact that the plant owners paid the work force more when researchers conducted interviews. The fact that better lighting and cheerful color schemes really DID increase worker productivity. The fact that the workers were happy that someone was taking them seriously as human beings and were seeking their opinion of plant operations