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Topic. Names Date. Hawthorne Studies (Elton Mayo). What? A series of experiments on factory workers When? 1924 – 1932 Where? Hawthorne Works(Illinois, US) of Western Electric Company, manufacturing arm of AT&T. Hawthorne Studies (Elton Mayo). Who? Industrial engineers

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  1. Topic Names Date Universität Kassel – Abteilung Kommunikation und Internationales

  2. Hawthorne Studies (Elton Mayo) What? A series of experiments on factory workers When? 1924 – 1932 Where? Hawthorne Works(Illinois, US) of Western Electric Company, manufacturing arm of AT&T

  3. Hawthorne Studies (Elton Mayo) • Who? Industrial engineers • 1927 Harvard Prof. Elton Mayo • Why? Initially: Examine Effect of various lighting levels on worker productivity • Changed to: Study the factors, which influence workers’ behavior

  4. Important Experiments • Illumination Experiment: • Lighting intensity NOT directly related with productivity, something else does

  5. Important Experiments • Relay assembly Experiment: • Choosing own coworkers, working as a group, being treated special. • Individuals became a team and the team gave itself wholeheartedly and spontaneously to cooperation in the experiment.

  6. Important Experiments • Bank wiring room Experiment: • Existence of informal groups or “cliques” • Workers more responsive to their peer group than to the control and incentives of management.

  7. Elton Mayo • Summary of Mayo’s believes: • Individual workers must be seen as members of a group • Monetary incentives & good working conditions are less important to the individual than the need to belong to a group. • Informal or unofficial groups formed at work have a strong influence on the behavior of those workers in a group. • Managers must be aware of these 'social needs' and cater for them to ensure that employees collaborate with the official organization rather than work against it. • Mayo's simple instructions to industrial interviewers set a template and remain influential to this day:

  8. Criticism • Relay assembly Experiment: • Choosing own coworkers, working as a group, being treated special. • Individuals became a team and the team gave itself wholeheartedly and spontaneously to cooperation in the experiment.

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