Pamphlet summarizing the six years of research at Western Electrics Hawthorne Works. The research began in 1924 with a study of the relationship between light and production. That study showed that research in human relations could not be...
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...
Records regarding mica-splitting operator fives performance. Included are a formal summary, a list of comments, and a log of favorable and unfavorable comments. The favorable and unfavorable comment log is for the period from 1928 to 1930. Also...
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 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...
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...
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...
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...
Summary of why layoffs had to occur and how employees were chosen for layoff. Also included are the employee and supervisor comments regarding the layoffs
The reports of the experiments at the Hawthorne Plant generated a great deal of interest. Directors of various companies requested further information for use in their company. Several university professors requested information for use in their...
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.
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...
Unfinished rough draft that concentrates on determining under what conditions people perform their best work. Records were kept of each test employees amount of sleep, diet, attendance, comments, physical examinations, and earnings. The temperature...
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,...
Various speeches and presentations regarding the experiment in the Inspection Branch. The original study was to see the effect of lighting on the operators, which was found to be negligible. What they did find is that the production in the test...