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EBM: The Hawthorne Studies

LDRLB

Elton Mayo, a scientific management researcher, wanted to examine the impact of work conditions on employee productivity. Mayo first examined the physical and environmental influences of the workplace and eventually moved into the psychological aspects and their impact on employee motivation as it applies to productivity.

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The History of the Situational Leadership® Framework

The Center For Leadership Studies

Studies of human motivation, professional growth and development were investigated on a separate track. It combined the behavior of the leader with the skill level and motivation of the follower. Scientific Management An industrial engineer in the early 1900s, Frederick Winslow Taylor was obsessed with productivity enhancement.