Three documents, two letters and one detailed report. First, Elton Mayos letter to G.A. Pennock dated February 9, 1931, concerning the status of the Western Electric experiments and the importance of studying how fatigue, morale, preoccupation...
Describes the results of the test began April 25, 1927, concerning the effect of rest periods on the productivity of six girls who performed relay assembly work. These six participants were moved into the test room and their productivity was...
Discusses the increase of productivity in the test room. Productivity increased when the workday was shortened. Lower production on Monday and Saturday was thought to be due to mental preoccupation in the majority of cases, not cumulative...
Two documents, both of which concern illumination studies, are presented. The first is a report on the illumination study at Hawthorne, which began Nov. 24, 1924 and ended April 30, 1927. In this study, candles of various lengths were introduced...
Included are graphs, tables, charts, and various notes on speed tests done to find a correlation between hours of sleep and speed in relay assembly. The tests were conducted on four of the operators in the relay assembly test room in 1930. The...
Tabulations and charts studying the relation between production and two factors: repair time and personal time. The report includes complete logs of personal time taken by the five operators in the relay assembly test room
Raw production and earnings data on an hourly basis for assembly group two with information on climate. Tables with weekly and monthy averages are included. Some handwritten notes are included, adding context to the figures.
Three-year attendance reports of 5 mica test operators recorded in tables. Comparisons are shown between one year in the regular department and two years in the test room
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...
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...
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...
Report, entitled: Notation of the points of view and social interrelationships of departments at Hawthorne that are directly concerned with wage problems, by E. C. Tessman. This report includes the information and impressions gained during a two...
Two page form/questionnaire used for personal data collection and observation. A narrative case history for each of the 5 mica splitting operators follows. The case histories give marital status and age. There is a discussion of living...
Letters written both before and after a Personnel Counseling Conference held January 24-25, 1961, in New York City that included representatives from numerous branches of American Telephone & Telegraph Company. After the conference, the...
Two versions of an outline, the latter copy being a revision of the first, directing how to implement a new proposal to evaluate employee/employer relations. A Personnel Man would be introduced to the employees through their supervisor. The...
Several reports, memoranda, and letters. It includes two copies of a preliminary report concerning the experiment in personnel counseling by which Personnel Man would interview employees and supervisors in an attempt to find problems in his...
Letters addressing a case study entitled The Girl Who Talked Too Much and two versions of this case study. In a department which had previously encouraged talking, a woman employee was moved three times for talking, but was not told to stop...
Three memoranda concerning personnel counselor selection, two of which touch on the issue of their training. The earliest memorandum from 1941 is a brief list of desirable characteristics for a counselor to have while the 1948 memorandum is a...
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