Telephone conversations between Dr. Miriam Lewin and Professor Arthur G. Bedeian with his class of Ph. D. students in which the students asked Dr. Lewin questions and she responded.
Telephone conversations between Dr. Miriam Lewin and Professor Arthur G. Bedeian with his class of Ph. D. students in which the students asked Dr. Lewin questions and she responded.
Telephone conversations between Dr. Miriam Lewin and Professor Arthur G. Bedeian with his class of Ph. D. students in which the students asked Dr. Lewin questions and she responded.
Telephone conversations between Dr. Miriam Lewin and Professor Arthur G. Bedeian with his class of Ph. D. students in which the students asked Dr. Lewin questions and she responded.
Telephone conversations between Dr. Miriam Lewin and Professor Arthur G. Bedeian with his class of Ph. D. students in which the students asked Dr. Lewin questions and she responded.
Telephone conversations between Dr. Miriam Lewin and Professor Arthur G. Bedeian with his class of Ph. D. students in which the students asked Dr. Lewin questions and she responded.
Telephone conversations between Dr. Miriam Lewin and Professor Arthur G. Bedeian with his class of Ph. D. students in which the students asked Dr. Lewin questions and she responded.
Telephone conversations between Dr. Miriam Lewin and Professor Arthur G. Bedeian with his class of Ph. D. students in which the students asked Dr. Lewin questions and she responded.
Telephone conversations between Dr. Miriam Lewin and Professor Arthur G. Bedeian with his class of Ph. D. students in which the students asked Dr. Lewin questions and she responded.
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...
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...
Step by step descriptions with diagrams of assembly of R-1498 relay. Includes stock list of parts required for assembly, and descriptions of motions required for each operator on assembly line, separated by hand.
Summary of weekly activity in the relay assembly test room from the time period August 8 through December 26, 1931. Production curve and other data fluctuations are covered and explained, as well as any personal or environmental effects on the test...
Examines the relation between the quality of output and the following factors: average hourly output, day of the week, weather, amount of sleep, and volume of conversation. Inspectors records of rejections were compared to the records of weather,...
Report on the quality of production by the relay assembly test room operators. A list of the 23 most frequent causes of rejection of relays was made. The inspector recorded each kind of defect, the hour of assembly, and the operator for each...
Summary of the development and findings of the psychological and sociological studies concerning the relay assembly test group. The report discusses the method used, the findings of the study, the changes introduced, and a prospectus for the future...
Background on reasons for workers to restrict their output instead of working at maximum efficiency. Group solidarity is listed as the key reason, as well as the workers personality. The memorandum also states there is no correlation between a...
Sample and completed questionnaires by the test room employees. Questions deal with aspects of the employees personal lives like habits, attitudes, health, and goals along with questions about their feelings toward their work and participation in...
Detailed procedures for establishing the bank wiring test room, and selection criteria for the male workers in the test room group. Three reports on the subject of engineering study of human fatigue are included
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.
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
G.A. Pennock wrote Some Thoughts in Connection with Work in Industrial Research Division. The test room had an outstanding increase in production, due to removal of fear and suspicion on part of employees and increase in morale. This raised the...
Biggers, V. R. Enclosing letters from: Clark, J. W.; Davenport, James S.; DeMeules, Edgar A.; Horsley, Thomas J.; Lester, E. F.; McKeever, H. G.; Massingale, Sam; Melton, Alger; Murray, William H.; Poindexter, J. M.; Richardson, D. A.;...