Citation
(2014), "2013 Awards for Excellence", Journal of Management History, Vol. 20 No. 1. https://doi.org/10.1108/JMH-01-2014-001
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
2013 Awards for Excellence
Article Type: 2013 Awards for Excellence From: Journal of Management History, Volume 20, Issue 1
The following article was selected for this year’s Outstanding Paper Award for Journal of Management History
‘‘The Hawthorne legacy: a reassessment of the impact of the Hawthorne studies on management scholarship, 1930-1958’’
Jeffrey Muldoon,
Rucks Department of Management, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
Purpose – This paper seeks to analyze the contribution that the Hawthorne studies made to the discipline of management. The recent scholarly trend has been to attack the Hawthorne studies on the grounds of methodology and originality. However, the only way to accurately view the Hawthorne studies is to recreate the intellectual environment in which the studies were conducted. Why did this version of human relations rather than Dennison’s or Williams’s emerge as the scholarly contribution?
Design/methodology/approach – Both primary and secondary sources were utilized in the research. The focus was from the time period of 1930 to 1958. More contemporary work was considered as well. Findings - Contemporary scholars viewed Hawthorne as being more thorough and complete than previous work. They also viewed the study as a contribution in light of some methodological issues and political biases.
Findings – Contemporary scholars viewed Hawthorne as being more thorough and complete than previous work. They also viewed the study as a contribution in light of some methodological issues and political biases.
Practical implications – Performing temporal analysis allows the perceived strengths and weaknesses of scholarly works to become more apparent.
Originality/value – Previous accounts of the Hawthorne studies have mostly studied their impact on practitioners. This study examines the impact on Scholars.
Keywords Hawthorne studies, Historical manuscripts, Management history, Management techniques, Management research
This article originally appeared in Volume 18 Number 1, 2012, pp. 105-119, Journal of Management History
The following articles were selected for this year’s Highly Commended Award
‘‘The history of overseas Lebanese entrepreneurs operating worldwide’’
Zafar U. Ahmed, Philip W. Zgheib, Abdulrahim K. Kowatly, Peter Rhetts
This article originally appeared in Volume 18 Number 3, 2012, Journal of Management History
‘‘A modern history of Japanese management thought’’
Balázs Vaszkun, William M. Tsutsui
This article originally appeared in Volume 18 Number 4, 2012, Journal of Management History
‘‘Narrative analysis of Dale Carnegie’s How to Stop Worrying and Start Living: Using psychological capital as the analytical framework’’
Mario Hayek, Milorad M. Novicevic, M. Ronald Buckley, Russell W. Clayton, Foster Roberts
This article originally appeared in Volume 18 Number 3, 2012, Journal of Management History
Outstanding Reviewers
Daniel K. Dayton, Sherry E. Sullivan