George Elton Mayo (1880–1949), was an Australian industrial researcher and organizational theorist. Towards the end of his life, through his association with the Harvard Business School and the Hawthorne studies, he enjoyed a public acclaim granted to few social scientists of his day. Mayo has been credited with making significant contributions to a number of disciplines, including business management, industrial sociology, philosophy, and social psychology. His field research in industry has a significant impact on industrial and organizational psychology.[1]