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 I. Psychological tests

Collection:: Economics Books

EMPLOYMENT PSYCHOLOGY The cooperation of the foremen was first secured. Due to these precautions, not a single hitch or unpleasant in cident occurred during the entire experiment. On the contrary, the men took a very lively interest in the matter and discussed it freely not only among themselves but with the experimenter as well. The intelligent grasp of the problem which some of the men displayed was so surprising that it was thought worth while to jot down snatches of their conversation. “What’s the good of them ‘physicological’ tests any way?” asked one man. It was explained to him that the experiment was being conducted to discover whether there was any agreement between certain of the tests and the efficiency of the men as assemblers. “What if they don’t show up that way?” asked the man. “Then we throw them aside,” was the reply. “And if they do show up?” “Then we’ll turn them over to the employment office to give to new men whose ability we know nothing about.” “That’s not physicology, that’s common sense,” said this man. And another of the group looked wise and re marked : “Sounds good to me.” At another time one of a group of men who were dis cussing the tests with the experimenter asked: “What do you think of this for a test? You know that the men on this job have to know something about filing- Well, suppose you have a man applying for this work who claims experience as a filer. Suppose you lay four files in front of him and ask him to do a piece of fine filing and he picks up a bastard file to do it with. Or you ask him to do a piece of rough filing and he picks up a fine file*

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