Hawthorne studies

The Hawthorne Studies, conducted at Western Electric's Hawthorne plant outside Chicago, starting in 1924 and running through 1933, have had a profound effect on the field of Organizational development.

The Hawthorne Effect

Researchers, including Elton Mayo[?], studied the effect of workplace innovations on worker productivity[?].

• http://www.psy.gla.ac.uk/~steve/hawth.html

The Hawthorne studies are credited with helping to start the Human Relations Movement in management & organizational thinking.

Also see

• http://www.bellsystemmemorial.com/westernelectric_history.html