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

VI TESTING MEN ASSEMBLERS THE FIRST EXPERIMENT WITH MEN Up t 0 the time of this experiment nearly all tests a d been given to girls and on jobs which were handled a ^ m °st wholly by girls. The present experiment was con- ducted entirely among men. It was therefore an experi ment in a double sense: first, an experiment to determine ne value of certain tests; secondly, an experiment cal culated to show what could be done among men in a slt uation of this kind. The two largest gun-assembling shops served as the , e u for this experiment. It must be admitted that con- S'derable apprehens ion was felt as to the attitude which a ^ lr S e body of shop men would adopt toward being taken ° m their work into a mysterious-looking brown box— e portable laboratory which was set up for this purpose Was only a brown box to them—for a series of mysterious test s. However, as with the girls, a policy of entire frank- ness w as pursued from the very outset. As soon as the Portable laboratory had been set up—a process which im- rtle diately aroused the interest of the men—a notice was P°sted on it to this effect: The tests which will be given here are in the interests of the ^Ployment office. Their purpose is to provide the employ- kj nt office with standards by which to select successful assem- ers ln the future. Your cooperation is requested.” 69

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