Employment psychology

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Identifikator:: 1887156356

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Author:: Schmoller, Gustav von http://d-nb.info/gnd/118609378

Title:: Grundriß der allgemeinen Volkswirtschaftslehre

Place of publication:: Berlin [u.a.]

Publisher:: Duncker & Humblot

Year of publication:: 1900-

Collection:: Economics Books

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Identifikator:: 1887156429

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-236518

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Author:: Schmoller, Gustav von http://d-nb.info/gnd/118609378

Title:: Begriff. Psychologische und sittliche Grundlage. Literatur und Methode. Land, Leute und Technik. Die gesellschaftliche Verfassung der Volkswirtschaft

Volume count:: 1.1901

Place of publication:: Berlin [u.a.]

Publisher:: Duncker & Humblot

Year of publication:: 1901

Scope:: XIII, 482 Seiten

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Einleitung. Begriff. Psychologische und sittliche Grundlage. Litteratur und Methode

Collection:: Economics Books

THE VESTIBULE SCHOOL 277 servation, and certain very significant moral qualities can be detected. For example, the instructor may find that a pupil is very impatient under instruction, a quality which augurs badly for future usefulness. Or a pupil may betray signs of impatience with her work, such as tearing up sheets upon which she had made a mistake, banging at her typewriter, answering sharply, etc. She may show signs of inattention and constantly repeat mistakes which have been pointed out to her. It may be discovered that a pupil has certain objectionable habits which, if not elim inated, will create havoc among the girls or men in the main office. She may frequently be late in arriving, or consume too much time in personal attentions. These and a hundred other negative qualities may appear during this period, and every one of them is a source of labor turnover. However, under the special conditions of the vestibule school, these traits may be discovered in time, and at the hands of competent instructors many correc tions can be made. If an individual is incorrigible, that fact can be ascer tained and the pupil dropped. One of the great sources of difficulty in the present day large organization is the presence of driftwood; that is, incapable employees who have slipped past the employment manager and obtained positions, and whom the office heads have not the heart to discharge. The writer has seen numerous instances of this kind. Such employees are often sent from post to post in the organization, a constant source of trouble not only to their superiors but to themselves. Finally, some merciful chance does for the organization what should have been done at the outset. The employee either happens to light on some congenial work or gives up in despair. Even if the tests fail, the vestibule school is

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