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

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126 EMPLOYMENT PSYCHOLOGY the foreman based on his original impression of the men correlated with the three tests only to the extent of plus .28, thus showing that in the course of training the men, his opinion of them underwent a considerable modifica tion, a modification which resulted in bringing his final conclusive ranking of the men into very close harmony with the ranking immediately given by the tests. Several particular examples were very conspicuous. A young soda-fountain clerk who had been admitted into this course was originally considered very promising by the foreman, so much so that he was retained after the completion of the intensive training as a handy man around the machines. The foreman’s original ranking of this man was four. In the course of time the foreman found that the ability and intelligence which he had attributed to him were considerably in excess of what he really possessed. Indeed, the foreman expressed himself as quite disappointed in him and finally ranked him as nine. This happens to be exactly the rank which was immediately given to the man by the tests. It seems that the superior education and polish which he possessed, and a pleasant, willing disposition, had enabled him to make a very good impression on the foreman at the outset and during the first few weeks; but these virtues did not have the same influence on the tests as they had on the foreman. Another conspicuous case was that of a sixteen-year-old boy who began in the shop as a helper and apprentice. This boy was overgrown, rather slipshod in appearance, and gave one the impression of not being very wide-awake. The foreman’s original impression placed him tenth among all the men in the shop. In the tests, however, this boy was extremely bright and successful, ranking first in one, second in another, and fifth in the third. The foreman’s

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