ABSTRACT
In Melbourne George Elton Mayo prepared for study abroad. Mayo also planned to conduct a parent-teacher study circle on problems among infants and adolescents, and a discussion group on techniques of psychoanalysis. The general secretary of the American Psychological Association made Mayo an official guest, which extended him some courtesies. Following the remarkable reception of his public speaking, and with the support of Addison, Mayo was invited to join the archbishop of Melbourne, prominent judges, and politicians in addressing the annual dinner of the Melbourne University Association. Mayo’s success in Melbourne was followed by a change in plans. The directorship of tutorial classes at the University of Melbourne had become vacant and presented an opportunity for Mayo to escape Queensland and reach a wider audience. When Mayo docked at San Francisco, newspaper reporters’ beseiged his room at the Palace Hotel and demanded that he expand on his comments about the psychology of flappers that had appeared in the Honolulu press.
