Hawthorne Works

Hawthorne Works was a major manufacturing plant operated by the Western Electric Company in Chicago from the 1920s to the 1930s. It was one of the largest electrical and telephone manufacturing facilities in the world, producing components like telephones and electrical equipment. The site is famous for the Hawthorne Studies, a series of research experiments that examined how workers' productivity is affected by factors like lighting and work conditions. These studies helped shape modern management practices by highlighting the importance of human factors, social interactions, and workplace environment in employee performance and motivation.