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 |
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| instanceOf |
industrial facility
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manufacturing complex → |
| associatedConcept |
Hawthorne effect
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| associatedField |
industrial psychology
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management science → organizational psychology → |
| associatedWith |
AT&T
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Bell System → |
| constructionStart |
1905
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| country |
United States
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| employerOf |
engineers
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factory workers → researchers → technicians → |
| function |
manufacture of electrical components
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manufacture of telephone equipment → |
| hasPart |
factory buildings
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office buildings → power plant → railroad facilities → research laboratories → |
| heritage |
site of landmark social science experiments
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| historicalPeriod |
early to mid-20th century American industrialization
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| inception |
early 20th century
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| industry |
electrical equipment manufacturing
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telecommunications equipment manufacturing → |
| influenced |
development of human relations movement in management
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organizational behavior theory → workplace lighting and ergonomics research → |
| locatedIn |
Cook County, Illinois
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| location |
Cicero, Illinois
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| namedAfter |
Hawthorne neighborhood of Cicero
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| notableFor |
Hawthorne effect
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Hawthorne studies → industrial and organizational psychology research → studies of worker productivity → |
| operator |
Western Electric
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| ownedBy |
Western Electric Company
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| parentOrganization |
Western Electric Company
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| partOf |
Chicago metropolitan area
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| peakEmployment |
tens of thousands of workers
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| researchSiteFor |
Elton Mayo
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Fritz Roethlisberger → Harvard Business School researchers → |
| socioEconomicRole |
key industrial site in Chicago area
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major employer in Cicero, Illinois → |
| status |
closed industrial complex
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| studyPeriod |
1920s
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1930s → |
Referenced by (4)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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Western Electric
("Hawthorne Works industrial complex")
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knownFor |
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Hawthorne studies
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location |
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Western Electric
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majorFacility |
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Thomas North Whitehead
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workLocation |