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:: V. Analysis of the worker

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EMPLOYMENT PSYCHOLOGY Is oe Wapt-inded or alive to what is going on around im? Is he good-natured? Is he a fault-finder? Is he talkative? Data of this sort may be gathered by psychiatric exami- nations or by aid of rating scales. Use may be made of ratings on personal appearance, voice, carriage, and other aspects of what is ordinarily called personality or social effectiveness—characteristics which have a strong influence on other people’s attitudes but which are not yet readily measurable by psychological tests. =. Interests. Both vocational and avocational interests should by all means receive consideration in analyzing the workers. The reliability of interests as indicators of special aptitude and likelihood of success is small in early youth, but with mature people there is close relation between in- terests and vocational abilities. It is consequently im- portant to know the hobbies of the worker, his recreations, his ambitions, his attitudes, as well as his relative interest in this and other occupations. The analysis of interests has proved of great significance in almost every vocational study in which it has been attempted. It is most illuminating to an investigator who is at home in the atmosphere of the shop or office and who can win the confidence of the workers, to try to discover their special interests in their work and particularly their pride in de- tails of craftsmanship. There is vastly more of this type of interest even in highly specialized routine production than the casual observer is inclined to suppose. A persistent search for these points of pride and satisfaction in accom- plishment yields clues to essential skills, aptitudes, and tem- peramental characteristics. 3. Abilities. The number of abilities is almost infinite and it is impossible here even to suggest a check list of names to help the investigator in his search for the abilities HA

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