The human problems of an industrial civilization

By:

Mayo, Elton

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London Routledge 2003Description: 194 pISBN:

9780415604239

Subject(s):

Western Electric Company

DDC classification:

658.3MAY

Summary: In this volume Mayo discusses the Hawthorne experiments, relating the findings about human relations within the Hawthorne plant to the social environment in the surrounding Chicago area. The Chicago School of Sociologists were studying aspects of social disorganization and this was a topic pioneered by Emile Durkheim.

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Includes a description of the experiments undertaken by the Western electric company at its Hawthorne works in Chicago.

In this volume Mayo discusses the Hawthorne experiments, relating the findings about human relations within the Hawthorne plant to the social environment in the surrounding Chicago area. The Chicago School of Sociologists were studying aspects of social disorganization and this was a topic pioneered by Emile Durkheim.

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