Thomas North Whitehead

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British person organizational theorist researcher

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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Label Occurrences
T. North Whitehead 1
Thomas North Whitehead canonical 1

Statements (26)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British person ⓘ
organizational theorist ⓘ
researcher ⓘ
associatedWith Hawthorne studies ⓘ
surface form: Hawthorne effect
contributedTo development of human relations theory ⓘ
understanding of informal organization in workplaces ⓘ
employer Western Electric ⓘ
surface form: Western Electric Company
fieldOfWork human relations in industry ⓘ
industrial sociology ⓘ
organizational theory ⓘ
influenced human relations movement in management ⓘ
knownFor participation in the Hawthorne studies ⓘ
research on human relations in the workplace ⓘ
studies of workplace behavior ⓘ
nationality United Kingdom ⓘ
notableWork analysis of Hawthorne Works experiments ⓘ
occupation organizational theorist ⓘ
researcher ⓘ
placeOfActivity United Kingdom ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
researchFocus effects of social and psychological factors on worker productivity ⓘ
measurement and analysis of worker attitudes ⓘ
studied group dynamics in industrial settings ⓘ
impact of supervision on worker performance ⓘ
worker morale ⓘ
workLocation Hawthorne Works ⓘ

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Description of subject: 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.

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Alfred North Whitehead → child → Thomas North Whitehead ⓘ
Hawthorne studies → researcher → Thomas North Whitehead ⓘ
this entity surface form: T. North Whitehead