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 IV. Conclusion

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THE APPLICANT’S POINT OF VIEW 371 He can be sure that no matter what difficulties arise, there is one source which is comparatively stable and free from the prejudices and excited judgments of a particular moment. The attempt to consider the work of individuals from the vocational standpoint may be regarded as a tremen dous stride in the direction of realizing the applicant’s point of view. A technique which promises to help the struggling candidate understand his own needs, limita tions, and capacities will go far toward achieving the viewpoint of the applicant in a full measure. And in so far as the technique of psychology enables the worker who does not care to acquire a vocation to obtain work which will bring him the largest returns of which he is capable, the important factor, self-interest, will be largely met. Finally, and probably most important, is the fact that the entire process of employment outlined here is built up on an appreciation of the fundamental likes and dis likes of the applicant. The individual’s freedom of choice is the central fact in the structure. Any attempt to limit or to thwart this choice is a failure to credit the appli cant’s viewpoint. There are, to be sure, limitations to any applicant’s choice, but they are the limitations imposed by the scope of a particular industry and not by the psy chological method. An industry can not be expected to honor the choice of an applicant for a kind of work which it does not have. Moreover, there are times when the appli cant’s choice is only an impulse, not a deep-rooted desire, and in such cases the psychological examiner is at liberty to modify that choice as long as he does not do so contrary to the interests and abilities of the applicant. In develop ing the mechanism to select applicants, the individual’s

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