Claim: The director of the Yale Labor and Management Center, Wight Bakke, stressed that the center not take ivory tower approaches when dealing with problems in the field such as, why does he change from one kind of behavior to another?
Evidence: Edward Wight Bakke (November 13, 1903 – November 23, 1971) was an American sociology and economics professor at Yale University who achieved prominence in the field of industrial relations. He was a Sterling Professor, Yale's highest level of academic rank, and served as director of the Yale Labor and Management Center from its founding in 1945 until its dissolution in the late 1950s. (2) why does he change from one kind of behavior to another? The research program established to work on these problems drew considerable attention within the field. Bakke stressed that the center not take ivory tower approaches and instead it held clinical working sessions between labor and management representatives on campus and established research "listening posts" in places such as Detroit and Charlotte.