Mayo's Hawthorne experiment provides a good example of this. In the Hawthorne experiment, a group of telephone line workers were separated and observed working in a private room. During their workday, the group members were given special privileges, like freedom to leave their workstations, changes in pay rates, and even company-sponsored lunch. What they discovered was the control group produced more than the other employees. The rationale for this increased production was that the group felt that management was interested in their well-being.