4. Hawthorne Studies
The Hawthorne studies, which were conducted by Elton Mayo and Fritz
Roethlisberger in the 1920s with the workers at the Hawthorne plant of the
Western Electric Company, were part of an emphasis on
socio-psychological aspects of human behavior in organizations.
6. As a group or team evolves,
a certain structure develops
7. Team cohesion will be discussed in terms of:
1. Its Definition
2. Its measurement
3. Its determinants
4. Its development
8. Cohesiveness is the extent to which team members
stick together and remain united in the pursuit of a
common goal.
A team is said to be in a state of cohesion when its
members possess bonds linking them to one another
and to the team as a whole.
