Rethinking the Hawthorne Studies: The Western Electric research in its social, political and historical context

Human Relations

Volumn 65, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1431-1461

  Hassard, John S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AT T; Bell System; Elton Mayo; Harvard Group; Human Relations School; organization and management theory; SS Eastland

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868334907     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: 1741282X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018726712452168     Document Type: Article

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