W arner, W . L loyd
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23587183 |
|---|---|
| Authors | B Turner (0000-0001-6378-7144, City University of New York, corresponding author), Bryan S Turner |
| Year | 2017 |
| Pages | 1-2 |
| Publication date | 2017-12-04 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Social Theory (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/9781118430873.est0402 |
| OpenAlex | W4256056414 |
| ISBN | 9781118430873 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 8 |
W. Lloyd Warner (1917–1970) was trained as an anthropologist at Berkeley University of California where he completed his BA degree in 1925. As an anthropologist he was influenced by Robert H. Lowie. Between 1926 and 1929, with the support of the Rockefeller Foundation and the Australian National Research Council, he completed a study of the Murngin people of Arnhem Land in Australia, publishing A Black Civilization in 1937. Warner is, however, remembered more as a sociologist than an anthropologist. Warner joined the University of Chicago in 1935 where he was influenced by Robert E. Park. He was involved in Elton Mayo's famous studies of workplace motivation at the Western Electric plant at Hawthorne in Chicago which produced the famous notion of the “Hawthorne effect” to describe how workers are motivated by social and emotional aspects of work rather than just economic incentives. In 1959 he moved to Michigan State University to engage in community studies from which he published five volumes. His work thus contributed to the understanding of social class, status, and ethnicity in America.
Archaeology · Art history · Civilization · Ethnic group · Management · Political science · Publishing · Sociology · Anthropology · Australian History and Society · History · Law · Management and Organizational Studies · Social and Cultural Dynamics
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |