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

l6o EMPLOYMENT PSYCHOLOGY clumsiness and lack of uniformity when this method is used than when the matter is left to the discretion of the various examiners. The questions which must be asked can then be asked at the conclusion of the tests when the effects will no longer be of consequence. Another important factor in the successful giving of tests is an attitude of assurance on the part of the ex aminer. This is particularly true where tests are being given in shops and offices for experimental purposes. There is always a possibility that some worker will resent being tested. An apologetic and conciliatory air on the part of the examiner will encourage the exhibition of this hostility if it is latent. An attitude of complete assurance will cause its repression. The examiner must conduct his examination as if it were the one important thing in the world. The response will in most cases be a reflection of this suggestion. This does not mean, however, that the examiner should be abrupt or over-confident. An air of presumption is extremely likely to provoke the very hostility which the examiner is trying to avoid. In ad dition to this, a policy of entire frankness is conducive to cooperation on the part of those being tested. In the course of the experiments which have been described, it was the unfailing practice to make a brief and direct statement as to the purpose of the tests, and to place this statement in the hands of all those affected. This was usually done through the foreman or through some other member of the shop whose character would vouch for the motives behind the experiment. When this was not sufficient and the workers being tested were inclined to ask for further information, the information was always given. In fact, some very excellent suggestions from the workmen were obtained in this way.

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