1-7 Human Relations Movement The Hawthorne Studies ILLUMINATION WIRING ROOM STUDY STUDY Tested the impact of Tested the influence of various work settings and individual and group variables on productivity behavior o Uncovered the Workers output “ Hawthorne effect” influenced b Workers produced more ● roup norms because managers paid ● Social pressures attention to them o Informal organization Shifted management Impetus for field of focus from purely organizational behavior economic to humanistic Mcgraw-hillarwin 2020 Copyright @2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rgts reservedMcGraw-Hill/Irwin Copyright © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. 1-7 Human Relations Movement: The Hawthorne Studies ⚫ Tested the impact of various work settings and variables on productivity ⚫ Uncovered the “Hawthorne Effect” ⚫ Workers produced more because managers paid attention to them. ⚫ Shifted management focus from purely economic to humanistic ⚫ Tested the influence of individual and group behavior ⚫ Workers’ output influenced by: ⚫ Group norms ⚫ Social pressures ⚫ Informal organization ⚫ Impetus for field of organizational behavior ILLUMINATION STUDY WIRING ROOM STUDY