Procedures in employment psychology

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Identifikator:: 173623112X

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-112923

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Author:: Bingham, Walter Van Dyke http://d-nb.info/gnd/123042593; Freyd, Max

Title:: Procedures in employment psychology

Place of publication:: Chicago & New York

Publisher:: Shaw

Year of publication:: 1926

Scope:: XI, 269 S

Digitisation:: 2020

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: II. Job analysis

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JOB ANALYSIS 9. TRAINING Is training given by the company? In vestibule school or on the job? What does it cover? How long does it last? How much does it cost to train a worker? What percentage of new workers complete the training? How is the worker paid during training? 10. BROADER SociAL AspEcTs oF THE JoB What are the ambitions and ideals of the workers? What are their standards of success? What employee service does the company make available? Hospital, insurance, sick benefits, pensions, loans, employee stock ownership, employee representation in management, social work, night classes, recreation, house organ, hous- ing. What is the psychological effect of the job on the worker? What sort of home life do the workers have? What are their living conditions in general outside of the factory? Fatigue, recreation, temperance, marriage. Social status of fellow workers. 11. RELATION TO OTHER JOBS Organization charts, showing lines of promotion, lines of authority, lines of routine procedure. Comparison with other jobs in regard to salary, opportunity for pro- motion, prestige, and so forth. Is the acquired skill an asset outside of the company? 12. EMPLOYMENT CONDITIONS Selection. How are workers selected? How efficient is this method? What other methods have been used? What would improved methods of selection accomplish? Sources of supply. Unions. Promotion and transfer. What opportunities for either? Adequate personnel records? Periodic rating and consideration for promotion or wage readjustment? Turnover. What is the turnover? What are the most frequent causes of leaving? 13. RECORDS What records of output, rate of progress, quality, spoilage, materials, time, and so forth, are available? Application blanks, references, ratings, and so forth. 14. PROBLEMS What are the main personnel problems which this job has raised? 17

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