Shedding light on the Hawthorne studies
回顾霍桑研究数十年的争议，指出批评者误解了其意识形态和方法论假设，原始记录和参与者访谈支持其有效性和重要性。
Abstract The Hawthorne Studies on social influences in the workplace have weathered decades of scholarly attack. Hawthorne critics have generally misunderstood or misrepresented the modest ideological and methodological presumptions of this pioneering research, which was intended to generate, not verify, hypotheses. This article reviews the decades of controversy within the historical context of the discipline of organizational behaviour. Original research records, and recent interviews with the actual study participants support the validity and importance of the original research reports.