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EMPLOYMENT PSYCHOLOGY 
eight (the scheduled number of hours) or ninety-one and 
six-tenths. This result is to be entered in column 8. The 
attendance record, taken in conjunction with the earn 
ings record, makes it possible to establish a worker’s 
comparative productiveness over any given period of 
time. 
Column i provides for the straight hourly or weekly 
wage. There are many workers who are paid a straight 
rate for the hour or for the week. It is impossible to 
judge the comparative productiveness of these individuals 
on the basis of their earnings. Still, it is very desirable 
to keep the record as a basis on which to control the prog 
ress or promotions of any individual from one rate to 
another. The total weekly earnings and hours worked 
(columns 9 and xo) should be kept for a variety of reasons, 
one of which is accounting, another the necessity of a 
comprehensive record which will contain all the earnings 
of an individual, whether on piece-work or straight 
work. 
Finally, a column is provided for the foreman’s rating. 
In spite of what has been said about the disadvantages 
of personal ratings, the prejudices and accidents by which 
they are governed, it must be recognized that the personal 
factor is a potent one in every situation. If a foreman 
takes a violent dislike to a man, even for a superficial 
reason, a situation more or less harmful to the productive 
ness of the shop is created. Foremen or workers can not 
help forming certain likes and dislikes, because they are 
human beings rather than efficient machines. Now, in 
stead of allowing the foreman’s emotional judgments to 
have full sway, and permitting him to favor or fire his 
men until in course of time he has either proved himself 
to be a very good or a very bad judge of human nature,