The definitive biography of the life and work of Elton Mayo (1880-1949) is the first full, accurate account of the activities and intimate life of one of Australia and America's pioneering social scientists. Mayo, who established the scientifi c study of organizational behavior, was highly infl uential in American social science and business management theory, following his work at the Harvard Business School and the Western Electric Company.
1: Mayo Family in Adelaide, 18801893; 2: Early Failures, 18931904; 3:
Education and Career, 19051911; 4: Early Years in Queensland, 19111913; 5:
Career, Family, and Friends, 19141919; 6: War, Politics, and the New
Psychology, 19141919; 7: Professor, Clinician, and Lecturer, 19191921; 8:
Crises and Career, 19191921; 9: To America, 19221923; 10: Industrial
Studies in Philadelphia; 11: Philadelphia to Harvard; 12: Harvard 19261932:
Early Research and Associates; 13: Harvard 19261932: Teaching, Clinical
Work, Writing, and Travel; 14: Mayo at the Hawthorne Works: 19281931; 15:
Collaboration at the Hawthorne Works: 19291932; 16: Hawthorne Reported and
Early Criticism: 19321942; 17: Family and the Clinic: 19321942; 18:
Collaboration: 19321942; 19: Personal and Political Problems: 19321942; 20:
Last Years at Harvard: 19421947; 21: Retirement and Death in England:
19471949; 22: The Character and Contributions of Elton Mayo
Richard C. S. Trahair, Abraham Zaleznik
