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...
Schedule of test periods for the first relay assembly test room, including piece rates and converstion factors for relays assembled in the relay assembly test room.
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 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...
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...
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. ...
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
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...
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...
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
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...
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 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...