Case histories of the five operators and layout operators of the relay assembly test room. The histories are forms covering the test subjects family connections, personal qualities, home and community environment, and work history. Following these...
Report showing data and findings pertinent to a shorter work week using three sources: (1) the relay assembly test room studies, (2) interviews with employees, and (3) supervisory training conferences
Interviews with the relay assembly test room operators to find out why there was low inspection efficiency. The observer concluded that talking did not delay production, but probably decreased concentration. The group had the tendency to go fast...
Five interviews with the mica-splitting test room operators. The interview covered attitudes about the company and the test room. Family life and outside interests were also discussed
Report on the attitude of laid off workers early in 1930. It contains summary of the employees opinions and snippets from their interviews that express the majority opinion. They were asked about work conditions, supervisors and the fairness of...
Text of two interviews of two employees, just as they were leaving after being laid off. They both feel they were treated fairly regarding the layoff and both would like to return when times are better. The second interviewee complains about his...
Breakdown, by department, of the use of employee comments taken from interviews. The first section describes how comments from employees on plant conditions are used to improve those conditions. There are tables and charts describing the number...
Report on the interviewing process. Part one discusses how interviewing is a good tool, but the attitude of employees differ among each other and that difference must be taken into account. The second part discusses methods of interviewing and...
Transcripts of interviews with supervisors regarding the employee interview process, working conditions and supervisor training. Also included are newspaper clippings pertaining to new management and layoffs. Some handwritten notes are included as...
Transcripts of interviews with supervisors regarding the employee interview process, working conditions and supervisor training. They took place in 1929. Some handwritten notes are included as marginalia.
Transcription of individual comments from the employee interviews and supervisor interviews sorted into topics including, supervisory and condition changes after the interview process, the interview process in general, and miscellaneous comments.
Transcripts of the minutes from an interviewer-training course. Topics include, history of the interview, interview techniques, values of interviewing, and discussion of past interviews.
Documents with detailed analysis of the interview process including, interview methods, sample comments from interviews and comments about the program and the interviews.
Documents regarding creating a mathematical method for determining the tone of the interview by creating a ratio of negative to positive comments. Also included are charts analyzing interviews in groups of 100.
Documents explaining the interviewing process that was used for the Hawthorne Study and include instructions on how to conduct the interviews along with the rating scales and evaluation terms to be used in observing and documenting their findings.
Report written by Imogene Rousseau in February 1931. This report was based on the interviews that were conducted with twelve female operators who worked in the Landing Coil Department
Report compiling data gathered from employee comments on standard hours and steady work during interviews held from 1929-1931. It also includes some information about home conditions which was collected during 1930-1931 and then grouped by mental...
Two reports, one by Mr. Lovekin and one by Mr. Roethlisberger regarding their interviewing of the supervisors. Mr. Lovekins report divided by topics that the men discussed and then analyzed by percentage that felt one way or the other on each...
Transcripts of interviews with operating branch employees concerning their working conditions and any other factors that may affect their work. Included at the end of each interview are brief notes from the interviewer
Report addressing complaints made in the interviews with operating branch employees. Individual complaints are addressed, and sorted by categories concerning both working conditions and the job itself. Recommendations for further analysis are...
Report concerning the employee interview program conducted by Hawthorne Works Inspection Branch. Included are the plans for the study with purpose and procedure. Also contained is a summary outline, and interviews with representative employees...
Substance analysis of employee comments on various subjects taken from 10,300 operating branch interviews. Each subject is listed in a table, with numbers for the total comments analyzed, favorable comments, favorable thought spread, unfavorable...
10,300 operation branch employee interviews from 1929 are analyzed and categorized between favorable and unfavorable comments on supervisors. Comments are separated and enumerated by gender. Comments are summarized with examples as support....
Part one of a two part analysis of comments from operating branch employee interviews taken during 1929. Comments listed as favorable and unfavorable and divided into 19 categories listed alphabetically from Absence to Payment
Part two of a two part analysis of comments from operating branch employee interviews taken during 1929. Comments listed as favorable and unfavorable and divided into 17 categories listed alphabetically from Placement to Washroom. Finally, the...
The operation branch employee interviews from 1929 are analyzed and discussed and conclusions are made. Contains inter-office memos from 1930 discussing changes made due to the interviews and areas for future analysis
Minutes of meetings held by the supervisors of the safety and health division from the time period of 1930-1931. The meetings covered complaints from the interviews done in 1930. Supervisors were assigned to follow up on the complaints, and...
Counseling record, entitled: Counseling in a group situation, by Phyllis Dodds. It contains detailed descriptions about the interviews, conversations, observations, as well as counselors own impressions, feelings, etc. which happened during the...
Comments on interviews in the station apparatus shop and a review of experience in connection with beginning the personnel counseling experiment. The experiment was designed as a more thorough interview process where the interviewer looked at...
Description of work behavior related to incentives and of the relationship between the supervisors and employees in the station apparatus shop. Included are observations of employee work and analysis of interviews. The purpose is to outline what...
Report about supervisor difficulties. There are reports from both the supervisor and the counselor. A line supervisor reported several conversations with group members and with the counselor. His report includes his observation of positive...
Various pieces of correspondence from 1929-1932 among Western Electric administrators. The earlier pieces of correspondence, including letters to Dr. Elton B. Mayo, Professor of Industrial Research, Graduate School of Business Administration,...
Correspondence passed among investigators from September 1928 to February 1934. Letters to G.A. Pennock from Dr. Elton Mayo examined blood pressure, visits, generalizing mind for administration and societal changes; biological measures needs,...
April 13, 1931, G.A. Pennock sent C.W. Bergquist a report titled: An Account of the Work of the Industrial Research Division. The Industrial Research Division was established in January, 1929 to centralize the test room study, the employee...
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