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The Year They Discovered People

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Documentary

Overview

In the 1920s, Western Electric Company ordered a series of studies to be conducted at their plant in Cicero, Illinois. At first they wanted to see how lighting affected productivity on the factory floor. Researchers also interviewed employees to hear their ideas and opinions about company policies, management, and other subjects. These were the Hawthorne studies, landmark research in industrial and organizational psychology. In the early 1970s, some of the participants of this study—researchers and workers alike--reunited and reminisced about their involvement.

Keywords

factory
factory worker
psychology
industrial revolution
industrial documentary
industrial history

Details

Status: Released
Release date: January 1, 1974
Original language: English
Spoken languages: English
Countries: United States of America
Production: Western Electric
Budget: Not recorded
Revenue: Not recorded