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Quotes from The Human Problems of an Industrial Civilisation — Elton Mayo

1880–1949 Australia

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Defeat takes the form of ultimate disillusion — a disgust with the "futility of endless pursuit."

The Human Problems of an Industrial Civilisation (1933)

The problem is not that of the sickness of an acquisitive society; it is that of the acquisitiveness of a sick society.

The Human Problems of an Industrial Civilisation (1933)

Acting in collaboration with the National Research Council, the Western Electric Company had for three years been engaged upon an attempt to assess the effect of illumination upon the worker and his work.

The Human Problems of an Industrial Civilisation (1933)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Elton Mayo (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.