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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APPLYING THE RESULTS 49 loss. The question which had to be answered, therefore, w as this: Is the success of psychological examinations such as to justify the rejection of an appreciable number °f applicants when applicants are very scarce? Since it was necessary to answer this question without delay, it was inadvisable to wait until complete produc tion records were available. Another method of check ing up the results had therefore to be resorted to. The following method was finally adopted. Of the number °f inspectors who had been examined, ninety-four had, lor a variety of reasons, stopped work or been transferred to other work. Now, whenever a girl leaves or is trans ferred to some other shop, the foreman is required to make ° u t a leaving slip and to enter upon it the reason for the girl’s leaving. In addition to this he is required to state whether the girl has been a good worker or a poor worker, a nd also whether or not he is willing to have her return. These slips were secured, and a comparison was made between the records of the girls in the tests and the opin- lQ n expressed by the foreman at the time of their leaving. In order to bring out the results of this comparison the girls Were first divided into two classes, those who met the stand- ar d set by the tests and those who fell below this standard. Then each of these two classes was subdivided into three groups, those described by the foreman as satisfactory, those described as unsatisfactory, and those about whom no opinion was expressed. The results were as follows: Satis- Unsatis- No Total factory factory Opinion Above the standard. .. .34 1 3 2 67 Below the standard.... 1 17 9 2 7 Therefore, of twenty-seven girls below the standard who "'Quid not have been hired if the results of the examination

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