Employment psychology

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Identifikator:: 1028407564

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-47263

Document type:: Monograph

Author:: Link, Henry Charles; Thorndike, Edward L. http://d-nb.info/gnd/118802127

Title:: Employment psychology

Place of publication:: New York

Publisher:: MacMillan

Year of publication:: 1924

Scope:: 1 Online-Ressource (XII, 440 Seiten)

Digitisation:: 2018

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Part III. Selection and retention

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FIRST IMPRESSIONS ATTRIBUTES SECOND IMPRESSIONS a b c d e / TOTAL a b c d e / TOTAL Mental Calibre Intelligence, “Head" Maturity, Common Sense, Judgment, Tact Earnestness, Industry, Seriousness of Purpose Reliability, Dependability, Deportment,Oo-oporatlon Alertness, Resourcefulness, Initiative, “On the Job" “Push’’, Energy, Vigor, Vim, “Pep" Leadership, Executive .Ability, Efficiency Accuracy, Neatness, Skill, Dexterity Address, Manner, Appearance General Education, Culture, Refinement Capacity for Growth Fitness for Lino of. Work Chosen MEANING OF GRADES 1 Exceptionally Poor 2 Noticeably Below Averago 3 Averago Fair, Satisfactory 4 Noticeably Above Averago 6 Exceptionally Good KEY TO INSTRUCTORS a Major Class Room Sabjoot b Laboratory Work C Drawing or Design d Mathematics o Shop Work / Minor Class Room Subject structors. Each instructor makes his rating independ ently, and the results are then entered under a, b, c, d, e, /, and totaled. This record and the student’s marks in his class-room work, which may be called his record of comparative productiveness, are combined in a single record to which is added the history of the progress of that individual after he leaves college. There are many similar methods in use to-day in all kinds of industrial, educational, and other social institu tions. Wherever the progress of individuals is a matter of serious concern, some similar record is essential. No absolute uniformity for this procedure can be prescribed other than that contained in the general rules laid down here. In fact, one of the chief virtues of this method is its elasticity. In justice to the methods of psychology, it must be stated that the above analysis can hardly be classed as technical psychology. The psychological method, it is apparent by now, tries to substitute for the crude and biased judgments of the human mind an exact and im-

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