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 II. Trade tests and other applications of employment psychology

Collection:: Economics Books

236 EMPLOYMENT PSYCHOLOGY with in employment work that it is worth while com sidering them in a little detail. The first item, personal appearance, is one of the most common and at the same time one of the most unreliable points of criticism. Many an accountant whose books are the acme of neatness and accuracy may wear a shiny coat and a collar which is frazzled around the edges. And many a mechanic who turns out his work with dispatch and completeness has a slouchy and sometimes even slovenly carriage. There are certain kinds of work in which appearances are par ticularly important as, for instance, in the case of sales men, floor walkers, solicitors, and others whose success depends largely upon the impression which they can make in a momentary interview. But, for the large majority of factory and office jobs, these traits must be given a very liberal interpretation. Many a worthy man who has been in too great a hurry to shave or whose laundry has not arrived in time to contribute to his ap pearance in the employment office, will otherwise be lost to the organization. The qualities listed under the head of initiative might have some general value if their presence or absence could be detected; but how they are to be discovered by mere observation or by a short interview is a question difficult to answer. Even if the applicant does have the mysterious sign of creativeness stamped upon him in some observable way, it means very little. The important point is: What is the nature of his creativeness? Is it a faculty for creating objects or methods useful to the particular work in which he is engaged, or is it a peculiar faculty for creating a dis turbance among his co-workers ? And as for being a quiet pusher, an applicant may be very quiet and give indica tions of being full of restrained energy during an inter

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