Hawthorne, Topeka, and the Issue of Science versus Advocacy in Organizational Behavior

Many organizational behaviorists adopt dual roles in the course of their careers: as scientists with an academic responsibility for scholarship and as consultants advocating what they believe to be more effective organizational forms and managerial methods. This paper examines how these dual roles p...

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Published inThe Academy of Management review Vol. 10; no. 1; pp. 21 - 30
Main Authors Yorks, Lyle, Whitsett, David A.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Ada, Ohio, etc Academy of Management 01.01.1985
Subjects
Advocacy
Behavioral sciences
Behaviorism
Business innovation
Field research
Field study
Human resources
Knowledge bases
Management consultants
Management principles
Observational research
Organizational behavior
Organizational change
Social psychology
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Summary:Many organizational behaviorists adopt dual roles in the course of their careers: as scientists with an academic responsibility for scholarship and as consultants advocating what they believe to be more effective organizational forms and managerial methods. This paper examines how these dual roles potentially can create problems for the literature of organizational behavior. The Hawthorne studies and the General Foods Topeka Plant are selected as examples.
ISSN:0363-7425
1930-3807
DOI:10.2307/258208