The Hawthorne effect is named after what was one of the most famous experiments (or, more accurately, series of experiments) in industrial history. It marked a sea change in thinking about work and ...

Will Kenton is an expert on the economy and investing laws and regulations. He previously held senior editorial roles at Investopedia and Kapitall Wire and holds a MA in Economics from The New School ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Turn up the lights, and the workers work harder. Turn them down again, and they work harder still. The ...

Thomas Edison’s 14-acre industrial laboratory in New Jersey was an “invention factory”, built on a culture of rigorous experimentation. It is appropriate, then, that the great innovator was honorary ...

Claudia Hammond examines the 1920s experiment in a Chicago factory giving rise to a classic textbook phenomenon. From August 2009. Show more Claudia Hammond presents a series looking at the ...