Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 31, 2018

This was seen in a study called the Hawthorne Effect , which was run by Elton Mayo at Western Electric’s Hawthorne Works factory, outside of Chicago, IL, in the late 1920’s and early 1930’s. The purpose of the study was to analyze the effects of workplace conditions on individual productivity.

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Management Craft

JANUARY 2, 2011

I am doing some research into the Hawthorne studies (Western Electric Company, 1929-1932, studies so named because the research took place at the plant in Hawthorne, just outside Chicago) and came across this great quote. Can we improve leadership, management, and supervision by talking about it more?

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 13, 2017

It’s just one of several stories of late that have cast the company in a poor light. It’s a well-documented social-science finding called the Hawthorne effect.) If the interests of a company and its employees differ, the organization can exploit its own members as Uber appears to have done.

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