11374 is located in the state of New York in the Metro New York City metro area. Zip code 11374 is primarily located in Queens County. The official postal service name used for 11374 is REGO PARK, New York.
organized work directed toward the betterment of social conditions in the community, as by seeking to improve the condition of the poor, to promote the welfare of children, etc. Origin of social work. 1915-1920. First recorded in 1915-20. Related forms. social worker, noun.
The term was coined in 1958 by Henry A. Landsberger when analyzing earlier experiments from 1924â32 at the Hawthorne Works (a Western Electric factory outside Chicago). The Hawthorne Works had commissioned a study to see if their workers would become more productive in higher or lower levels of light. The workers' productivity seemed to improve when changes were made, and slumped when the study ended.