Hawthorne studies

E69113

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.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Hawthorne effect 6
Hawthorne studies canonical 6
Hawthorne Works experiments 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf industrial psychology experiment
management study
organizational behavior study
workplace experiment
alsoKnownAs Hawthorne experiments
linked to: Hawthorne studies
associatedConcept Hawthorne effect
linked to: Hawthorne studies
authorOfReport Fritz J. Roethlisberger
William J. Dickson
component bank wiring observation room study
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

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Western Electric associatedWith Hawthorne studies
Thomas North Whitehead associatedWith Hawthorne effect
linked to: Hawthorne studies
Hawthorne Works notableFor Hawthorne studies
Hawthorne Works notableFor Hawthorne effect
linked to: Hawthorne studies
Hawthorne Works associatedConcept Hawthorne effect
linked to: Hawthorne studies
Hawthorne studies alsoKnownAs Hawthorne experiments
linked to: Hawthorne studies
Hawthorne studies associatedConcept Hawthorne effect
linked to: Hawthorne studies
Elton Mayo knownFor Hawthorne studies
Fritz Roethlisberger knownFor Hawthorne Studies
linked to: Hawthorne studies
William J. Dickson associatedWith Hawthorne Works experiments
linked to: Hawthorne studies
bank wiring observation room study partOf Hawthorne studies
bank wiring observation room study relatedTo Hawthorne effect
linked to: Hawthorne studies
Management and the Worker mainSubject Hawthorne studies
Management and the Worker describes Hawthorne effect
linked to: Hawthorne studies
human relations movement originatedFrom Hawthorne studies
Fritz J. Roethlisberger associatedWith Hawthorne Works experiments
linked to: Hawthorne studies