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- Born
- 1880
- Died
- 1949
- Works
- 17
Top works
- [The human problems of an industrial civilization
- Rehabilitation: the man and the job
- Group tensions in industry ...
- Democracy and freedom
- Probleme industrieller Arbeitsbedingungen
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Key facts
- Born
- George Elton Mayo , ( 1880-12-26 ) 26 December 1880, Adelaide , Australia
- Died
- 7 September 1949 (1949-09-07) (aged 68), Surrey , UK
- Known for
- human relations movement
- Spouse
- Dorothea McConnel ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1913 )
- Relatives
- Helen Mayo (sister), Herbert Mayo (brother), George Mayo (grandfather)
- Education
- University of Adelaide , University of Edinburgh (attended)
- Institutions
- University of Queensland , University of Pennsylvania , Harvard University
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Australia
- Place of birth
- Adelaide
- Place of death
- Guildford
- Occupation
- professor
- Educated at
- University of Adelaide
- Employer
- University of Pennsylvania
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- industrial sociology
- Image
- Elton Mayo.jpeg
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- date of birth
- 1880-12-26
- date of death
- 1949-09-07
- relative
- Ursula McConnel
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- Elton Mayo
- birth name
- George Elton Mayo
- name in native language
- Elton Mayo
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Encyclopedic overview
George Elton Mayo (26 December 1880 – 7 September 1949) was an Australian-born psychologist, industrial researcher, and organizational theorist. Mayo was formally trained at the University of Adelaide, acquiring a Bachelor of Arts Degree graduating with First Class Honours, majoring in philosophy and psychology, and was later awarded an honorary Master of Arts Degree from the University of Queensland (UQ).
While in Queensland, Mayo served on the University's war committee and pioneered research into the psychoanalytic treatment of shell-shock. As a psychologist Mayo often helped soldiers returning from World War I recover from the stresses of war and with a Brisbane physician, pioneered the psychoanalytic treatment of shell-shock and conducted psycho-pathological tests. He was a lecturer in psychology and mental philosophy at the UQ between 1911 and 1922, when he sailed to the United States. In 1926 he was appointed to the Harvard Business School (HBS) as a professor of industrial research.
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