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George Elton Mayo ( 1880- 1949) was born on December 26 1880 in Adelaide, Australia. He died on September 7 1949.He was a psychologist and sociologist and lectured at the University of Queensland from 1919 to 1923. He then moved to the University of Pennsylvania.
From 1926 to 1947 he was professor of industrial research at Harvard Business School.
He is well known for his research including the Hawthorne Studies, and his book The Human Problems of an Industrialised Civilisation ( 1933Centuries: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s Years: 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 See also 1933 in aviation 1933 in film 1933 in literature 1933 in mu). He concluded that people's work performance is dependent on both social issues and job content. He suggested a tension between workers' 'logic of sentiment' and managers' 'logic of cost and efficiency' which could lead to conflict within organisations
Mayo, Elton
Mayo, Elton
