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Elton Mayo
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George Elton Mayo was an Australian-born psychologist and organizational theorist who conducted the Hawthorne studies at Western Electric's plant in Cicero, Illinois, showing that worker productivity depends on social relationships and attention from management as much as on physical working conditions, and founding what became known as the human relations movement in industrial psychology.
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Death PlaceGuildford, Surrey, England 1 Nationality / Culture Defining ContributionEstablished that informal social patterns and group dynamics among workers significantly influence workplace productivity, founding the human relations movement in management theory. 1 Notable WorkThe Human Problems of an Industrial Civilization (1933) 1 Cross-Tradition Connections
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1. Wikipedia: Elton Mayo
Wikimedia FoundationResearch sectionQuote, Research section
Mayo concluded that productivity partly depended on the informal social patterns of interaction in the work group.
1. Wikipedia: Elton Mayo
Wikimedia FoundationIn Branch: Industrial-Organizational Psychology, IntroductionQuote, In Branch: Industrial-Organizational Psychology, Introduction
His field research in industry had a significant impact on industrial and organizational psychology.
Wikipedia: Hawthorne Effect
Wikimedia FoundationStudies Conducted: Hawthorne Studies, Illumination experiment sectionQuote, Studies Conducted: Hawthorne Studies, Illumination experiment section
When the intensity of light was increased in the experiment room, researchers found that productivity had improved in both rooms.
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