Hawthorne Works

E69112
industrial facility manufacturing complex

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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Label Occurrences
Hawthorne Works canonical 4
Hawthorne Works industrial complex 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf industrial facility ⓘ
manufacturing complex ⓘ
associatedConcept Hawthorne studies ⓘ
surface form: Hawthorne effect
associatedField industrial psychology ⓘ
management science ⓘ
organizational psychology ⓘ
associatedWith AT&T ⓘ
Bell System ⓘ
constructionStart 1905 ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: 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 studies ⓘ
surface form: Hawthorne effect

Hawthorne studies ⓘ
industrial and organizational psychology research ⓘ
studies of worker productivity ⓘ
operator Western Electric ⓘ
ownedBy Western Electric ⓘ
surface form: Western Electric Company
parentOrganization Western Electric ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ

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

Western Electric → majorFacility → Hawthorne Works ⓘ
Western Electric → knownFor → Hawthorne Works ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hawthorne Works industrial complex
Thomas North Whitehead → workLocation → Hawthorne Works ⓘ
Hawthorne studies → location → Hawthorne Works ⓘ
Elton Mayo → associatedWith → Hawthorne Works ⓘ