Western Electric Hawthorne Works
GPTKB entity
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:industry
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| gptkbp:address |
gptkb:22nd_Street_and_Cicero_Avenue,_Cicero,_Illinois
|
| gptkbp:area |
over 100 acres
|
| gptkbp:closed |
1983
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| gptkbp:contributedTo |
development of management theory
|
| gptkbp:demolished |
1980s
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| gptkbp:historicalSignificance |
major industrial employer in Chicago area
|
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Western Electric Hawthorne Works
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| gptkbp:location |
gptkb:Cicero,_Illinois
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| gptkbp:namedAfter |
gptkb:Hawthorne_neighborhood
|
| gptkbp:notableFor |
gptkb:Hawthorne_studies
|
| gptkbp:notableSite |
Hawthorne effect discovery
industrial psychology research |
| gptkbp:numberOfEmployees |
over 40,000 (at peak)
|
| gptkbp:opened |
1905
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| gptkbp:operatedBy |
gptkb:Western_Electric
|
| gptkbp:parentCompany |
gptkb:AT&T
|
| gptkbp:produced |
telephone equipment
switchboards telephones electrical components |
| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Hawthorne_effect_studies
gptkb:Hawthorne_studies_(1924–1932) gptkb:Hawthorne_Studies |
| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
6
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