Procedures in employment psychology

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Identifikator:: 1821348664

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-217403

Document type:: Monograph

Title:: Die deutsche Kaliindustrie

Place of publication:: Berlin

Publisher:: E. S. Mittler & Sohn

Year of publication:: 1929

Scope:: XII, 175 Seiten; Tab

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Entwicklung der Produktionsbedingungen

Collection:: Economics Books

1 EMPLOYMENT PSYCHOLOGY German as well as American investigations, has disadvan- tages, but it is necessary if tests are given to shop operatives who for one reason or another cannot be taken far from their work. Below are some of the conditions which a room for indi- vidual testing should satisfy: Privacy should be assured. No one other than the ex- aminer and the subject should occupy the room at the time of testing. Freedom from interruption should be provided for. Rooms used for test purposes should not contain important material which must be referred to frequently. If the telephone proves annoying, the examiner may muffle it. The room should be relatively free from noise. It should be well lighted. It should not be too far from the place of work. It should be cleared of objects likely to distract attention. As far as possible the room should reproduce the condi- tions under which the man works, since unusual conditions are apt to provoke unusual responses. Suitable writing or working space should be provided for both examiner and subject. If the test calls for writing, the pencil, provided by the examiner, should be sharpened at both ends, in order to pre- vent the subject from wasting time during the test by eras- ing, or by attempting to sharpen a broken point. Use of a cumulative stop-watch which has a sliding lever near the stem is recommended, as it is noiseless in operation and allows the investigator to take time out for unforeseen interruptions or difficulties. The usual type of stop-watch springs back to zero after being stopped, and cannot be used for recording cumulative times. Decimal stop-watches and split-second stop-watches have their advantages for certain kinds of measurement. A small screen on the table is sometimes convenient so that the examiner may keep his tests out of sight, or record “£8

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