Thomas North Whitehead
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Thomas North Whitehead was a British organizational theorist and researcher known for his influential studies on workplace behavior and human relations, particularly at the Hawthorne Works.
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| instanceOf |
British person
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organizational theorist → researcher → |
| associatedWith |
Hawthorne effect
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| contributedTo |
development of human relations theory
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understanding of informal organization in workplaces → |
| employer |
Western Electric Company
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| fieldOfWork |
human relations in industry
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industrial sociology → organizational theory → |
| influenced |
human relations movement in management
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| knownFor |
participation in the Hawthorne studies
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research on human relations in the workplace → studies of workplace behavior → |
| nationality |
United Kingdom
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| notableWork |
analysis of Hawthorne Works experiments
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| occupation |
organizational theorist
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researcher → |
| placeOfActivity |
United Kingdom
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United States → |
| researchFocus |
effects of social and psychological factors on worker productivity
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measurement and analysis of worker attitudes → |
| studied |
group dynamics in industrial settings
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impact of supervision on worker performance → worker morale → |
| workLocation |
Hawthorne Works
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Referenced by (2)
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Alfred North Whitehead
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child |
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Hawthorne studies
("T. North Whitehead")
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researcher |