Lillian Moller Gilbreth's Extensions of Scientific Management Into Women's Work, 1924-1935

Dr. Lillian Moller Gilbreth (1878-1972) was a pioneer of scientific management who applied her expertise to women working as department store employees, homemakers, and consumers. Through her efforts between 1924 and 1935, techniques of motion study and industrial psychology which were originally designed for factories were adapted for the less-disciplinary spaces occupied by middle-class women.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Sociology

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2014

Author dc:creator

• Graham, Laurel Diane

Contributors dc:contributor

• Pickering, A.,

• Biography
• Women's Studies
• Psychology, Industrial
• Sociology, Industrial and Labor Relations

Identifier

(UMI)AAI9305539

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/72475