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...
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...
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.
Documents explaining the interviewing process that was initially used for the Hawthorne Study and then documents administrative discussions as to how effective this process was and identified areas that could be revised to make it more effective...
Three typewritten papers that were presented at the System Personnel Conference that was held in Southern Pines, North Carolina from October 29 through November 2, 1940. The presented papers on personnel relations were based on findings from the...
Seven typewritten research reports that were written using the data collected during the Hawthorne study. The papers look at interviewing techniques in general as well as specific examples from the study. It also discusses and outlines their...
Typewritten report by R. D. Gross written in July 1931. This paper discusses the different experiments conducted at Hawthorne, some of the resulting data that was collected, and analyzes how it might be used.
Records of the daily output of 35 experienced mica-splitting operators in the regular department for a 3-year period. The length of service for each regular department operator is given. Regular department total daily hours worked and total daily...
Typewritten research report which presents background information on the company and how it is viewed by the community, analyzes the data collected about personnel counseling, and provides discussion about what impact this study will have on the...
Comments from mica test room operators. The comments were recorded and classified as follows: A. Rest periods, hours, holidays, vacations; B. Production, earnings, repairs, type; C. Supervision and test room environment; D. Attitudes and transient...
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...
Correspondence both handwritten and typed, text drafts, and other materials pertaining to the book which was being written by F.J. Roethlisberger and W.J. Dixon and also their monograph titled Management and the Worker which was based on data...
Collection of miscellaneous documents, both typewritten and handwritten, pertaining to the Hawthorne project and the results obtained from the study. Based on data collected from 1928-1940. Included are transcripts of speeches, summary documents...
Documents include comments from supervisors returning to their jobs after a year of interviewing employees and the different ways they handled employees and various incidents.
Documents concerning research and planning regarding training supervisors in both technical skills and personnel skills. Included are ideas on logistics of the training as well as content.
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...
Tables from a 1928 study that was started to test the length of time needed to gain efficiency in mica splitting. The weekly average output of 34 experienced operators was used as the standard. Fifty-two inexperienced operators were studied. ...
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...
Index to administration, public relations, personnel counseling and reference materials, including speeches organized by speaker. The documents listed cover the entire study
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...
Five reports reviewing the personnel counseling experiment from January, 1936 to March, 1937. Included are the appendices about attitudes of short and long service employees, outline and suggestions for discussing the labor situation, and tables...
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...
Records regarding mica-splitting operator 1. Informal notes and recommendations, both hand written and type written, concerning this operator are included. Also included is a summary of absences is given for the entire period of employment from...
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...