Hawthorne Works

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Hawthorne Works was a large Western Electric manufacturing complex in Cicero, Illinois, historically notable as the site of the famous Hawthorne studies in industrial and organizational psychology.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf industrial facility
manufacturing complex
associatedConcept Hawthorne effect
associatedField industrial psychology
management science
organizational psychology
associatedWith AT&T
Bell System
constructionStart 1905
country United States
employerOf engineers
factory workers
researchers
technicians
function manufacture of electrical components
manufacture of telephone equipment
hasPart factory buildings
office buildings
power plant
railroad facilities
research laboratories
heritage site of landmark social science experiments
historicalPeriod early to mid-20th century American industrialization
inception early 20th century
industry electrical equipment manufacturing
telecommunications equipment manufacturing
influenced development of human relations movement in management
organizational behavior theory
workplace lighting and ergonomics research
locatedIn Cook County, Illinois
location Cicero, Illinois
namedAfter Hawthorne neighborhood of Cicero
notableFor Hawthorne effect
Hawthorne studies
industrial and organizational psychology research
studies of worker productivity
operator Western Electric
ownedBy Western Electric Company
parentOrganization Western Electric Company
partOf Chicago metropolitan area
peakEmployment tens of thousands of workers
researchSiteFor Elton Mayo
Fritz Roethlisberger
Harvard Business School researchers
socioEconomicRole key industrial site in Chicago area
major employer in Cicero, Illinois
status closed industrial complex
studyPeriod 1920s
1930s

Referenced by (4)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Western Electric ("Hawthorne Works industrial complex")
knownFor
Hawthorne studies
location
Western Electric
majorFacility
Thomas North Whitehead
workLocation

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