Hawthorne studies

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The Hawthorne studies were a series of influential workplace experiments conducted in the 1920s–1930s that revealed how social and psychological factors significantly affect employee productivity and behavior.

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instanceOf industrial psychology experiment ⓘ
management study ⓘ
organizational behavior study ⓘ
workplace experiment ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Hawthorne experiments ⓘ
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associatedConcept Hawthorne effect ⓘ
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authorOfReport Fritz J. Roethlisberger ⓘ
William J. Dickson ⓘ
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illumination experiments ⓘ
interviewing program ⓘ
relay assembly test room study ⓘ
conductedAt Western Electric Hawthorne Works ⓘ
linked to: Western Electric
country United States ⓘ
criticizedFor lack of rigorous controls ⓘ
methodological weaknesses ⓘ
overinterpretation of results ⓘ
endTime 1932 ⓘ
field industrial and organizational psychology ⓘ
management ⓘ
organizational behavior ⓘ
sociology ⓘ
impact helped establish organizational behavior as a field ⓘ
shifted focus from purely technical to social aspects of work ⓘ
influenced employee motivation theories ⓘ
human relations movement ⓘ
organizational development ⓘ
participative management theories ⓘ
location Cicero, Illinois ⓘ
Hawthorne Works ⓘ
mainFinding attention from researchers can change behavior ⓘ
informal group norms shape output ⓘ
social and psychological factors influence worker productivity ⓘ
worker attitudes affect performance ⓘ
researcher Elton Mayo ⓘ
Fritz J. Roethlisberger ⓘ
T. North Whitehead ⓘ
William J. Dickson ⓘ
showed importance of communication in organizations ⓘ
importance of informal organization ⓘ
importance of leadership style ⓘ
importance of worker morale ⓘ
sponsor National Research Council ⓘ
Western Electric Company ⓘ
linked to: Western Electric
startTime 1924 ⓘ
subjectOf Management and the Worker ⓘ
timePeriod 1920s ⓘ
1930s ⓘ

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