Deutsche Geschichte: Neuere Zeit

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Identifikator:: 1892063557

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Author:: Lamprecht, Karl http://d-nb.info/gnd/118569015

Title:: Deutsche Geschichte

Place of publication:: Berlin

Publisher:: Gaertner

Year of publication:: 1891-

Collection:: Economics Books

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Identifikator:: 1892067412

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-237426

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Author:: Lamprecht, Karl http://d-nb.info/gnd/118569015

Title:: Neuere Zeit

Volume count:: Abt. 2

Place of publication:: Freiburg im Breisgau

Publisher:: Heyfelder

Year of publication:: 1905

Scope:: XV, 396 S.

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Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Zwanzigstes Buch

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«»&t»33BKBw®55 I EMPLOYMENT PSYCHOLOGY, LABOR, AND INDUSTRY 381 tries, and governments as well. “The higher the fewer” is a phrase the significance of which is now becoming axiomatic. With regard to labor turnover, it may be interpreted as meaning the higher the education the lower the turnover. If statistics were available they would undoubtedly show that the turnover among college grad uates is lower than among any less educated group. The same principle applies to every trade and profession which requires a thorough training and preparation. The expert tool maker and mechanic is one of the steadiest of all workers. Wherever he is, he holds a dignified and respected position. The same may be said of every other craft or occupation which requires educated talent. Edu cation, health, and employment go hand in hand. As a corollary of this fact, it may be stated that the fundamental cause of unemployment and instability is the lack of education. For the past fifty years the edu cation of boys and men for industrial work has been neglected. The large number of expert mechanics, chem ists, opticians, wood and iron workers, decorators, etc., etc., were drawn from European countries, notably France, Germany, Switzerland, Sweden, Austria, and England. As a consequence, the education of the youth of this country was neglected, and they were compelled to be satisfied with places requiring less expert ability. In addition to this cause was the development of automatic machines and the breaking down of all manufacturing operations into a series of comparatively simple elements. Flow far the simplification and division of labor have been due to the lack of experts and educated workers who were able to carry out an entire process, and how much of it is due to the inventive genius of a small number of ex ceptional individuals, is a question which can never be

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