Fritz Jules Roethlisberger (October 29, 1898- May 17, 1974) was a social scientist, management theorist at the

Harvard Business School Harvard Business School (HBS) is the graduate business school of Harvard University, a private research university in Boston, Massachusetts. It is consistently ranked among the top business schools in the world and offers a large full-time MBA p ...

.Roethlisberger, Fritz Jules, 1898–1974. Papers, 1918–1974: A Finding Aid
at Harvard University Library, JUne 2007.

Biography

Roethlisberger earned the BA in engineering from

Columbia University Columbia University (also known as Columbia, and officially as Columbia University in the City of New York) is a private research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manhatt ...

in 1921, the BS in engineering administration from the

Massachusetts Institute of Technology The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private land-grant research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Established in 1861, MIT has played a key role in the development of modern technology and science, and is one of the ...

in 1922, and the MA in philosophy from

Harvard University Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of higher le ...

in 1925. Roethlisberger held the following positions at

: Instructor of Industrial Research, 1927–1930; Assistant Professor of Industrial Research, 1930–1938; Associate Professor of Industrial Research, 1938–1946. In 1937, Roethlisberger and William John Dickson published the first comprehensive findings of the

Hawthorne experiments The Hawthorne effect is a type of reactivity in which individuals modify an aspect of their behavior in response to their awareness of being observed. The effect was discovered in the context of research conducted at the Hawthorne Western Electri ...

. He also authored ''Management and the Worker'' in 1939. The book was voted the tenth most influential management book of the 20th century in a poll of the Fellows of the

Academy of Management The Academy of Management is a professional association for scholars of management and organizations that was established in 1936. It publishes several academic journals, organizes conferences, and provides others forums for management professors ...

Publications

Books: * Roethlisberger, F.J. & Dickson, W.J. (1939) ''Management and the worker: an account of a research program conducted by the Western electric company, Hawthorne works, Chicago.'' Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA. * Roethlisberger, Fritz Jules (1941) ''Management and Morale.''. * Roethlisberger, F.J. (1968) ''Man in organization'', Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA. * Roethlisberger, F.J. (1977) ''The elusive phenomena. An autobiographical account of my work in the field of organizational behavior at the Harvard Business School.'' Harvard Business School Pr, Cambridge, MA. Articles, a selection: * Roethlisberger, Fritz J. "The foreman: Master and victim of double talk." ''Harvard Business Review'' 23.3 (1945): 283–298.

References

External links

University of Western Ontario Libraries guide to works by and about Fritz Roethlisberger

Fritz Jules Roethlisberger papers
at Baker Library Special Collections, Harvard Business School {{DEFAULTSORT:Roethlisberger, Fritz Roethlisberger, Fritz J. Roethlisberger, Fritz J. Harvard Business School faculty MIT Sloan School of Management alumni American business theorists Harvard University alumni Columbia College (New York) alumni