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

XV THE VOCATIONAL VALUE OF TESTS Every industry is to-day a vocational center. Formerly, ■when eac h industry consisted of only a small number and variety of tasks, only a limited choice of work could be offered to an applicant by any one organization. Now, however, most industries comprise such a variety of work that a great range of choice is provided. These indus tries, therefore, make it possible for workers to achieve success in the field which appeals to them most or for which they are best adapted. Not only do industries offer the opportunity for choosing and developing a certain Vocation, but they frequently make it their business to help applicants and employees to choose the right voca tion and to acquire the knowledge and practice which go with it. This is not done from a sense of duty or charity hut from a strictly economical point of view. The com mercial success of an industry depends largely upon the character of its human equipment, and the use to which it is Put. In fact, the importance attributed to-day to voca tional selection and training is largely due to the fact that industries have recognized its commercial value. And the mdustries, far more than educational and other institu tions, are setting the pace in its development. As a single example of the general recognition given this subject, may he cited the National Association of Corporation Schools, a n association composed of representatives of many of the largest industries in the country, which is devoted to the 171

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