Mayo, Elton, 1880-1949.

The human problems of an industrial civilization / Elton Mayo. - London : New York : Routledge, Arno Press, 1977, c1933. - 194 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. - Work, its rewards and discontents .

Reprint of the ed. published by Macmillan, New York.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Table of Contents
I. Fatigue
II. What is Monotony?
III. The Hawthorne Experiment
IV. Development of the Western Electric Inquiry
V. The Meaning of 'Morale'
VI. The Reaction of Industry upon the Social Order
VII. Theories of Government and the Social Order
VIII. The Problem of the Administrator
Index to Authors
Index to Topics

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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Western Electric Company.


Industrial relations.
Personnel management.
Industrial sociology.
Industrial efficiency.

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