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Psychology in industry

Title
Psychology in industry / Norman R. F. Maier.
Author
Maier, Norman R. F. (Norman Raymond Frederick), 1900-1977
Publication
  • Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company, [1965]
  • ©1965.

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Description
xiv, 718 pages : illustrations; 25 cm
Summary
USA. Textbook on occupational psychology. Psychological aspects of behaviour, motivation, fatigue and labour turnover. Leadership by supervisors and managers. The importance of good working conditions.
Subject
  • Psychology, Industrial
  • Psychology, Industrial > Textbooks > 20th century
  • Personnel management
  • Personnel management > Textbooks > 20th century
  • Occupational Health
  • Personnel Management
  • Psychology, Industrial
  • Personnel management
  • Industriepsychologie
  • behaviour
  • fatigue
  • labour turnover
  • leadership
  • manager
  • motivation
  • occupational psychology
  • psychological aspect
  • supervisor
  • working conditions
  • Personnel > Direction
  • Psychologie du travail
  • agent de maîtrise
  • aspect psychologique
  • cadre
  • commandement
  • comportement
  • conditions de travail
  • psychologie du travail
  • rotation de la main-d'oeuvre
  • aspecto psicológico
  • comportamiento
  • condiciones de trabajo
  • fatiga
  • gerente
  • liderazgo
  • motivación
  • psicología ocupacional
  • renovación de la mano de obra
  • USA
  • Etats-Unis
  • Estados Unidos
Genre/Form
  • Textbooks
  • textbook.
  • Textbooks.
  • manuel d'enseignement.
  • libro de texto.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
The place of psychology in industry -- Causation in behavior -- The psychology of attitudes -- Frustration as a factor in behavior -- Morale and group processes -- Supervisory and executive leadership -- Individual differences -- measuring proficiency -- The use of psychological tests in selection and placement -- The general nature of psychological tests -- The design of jobs -- Industrial training -- Basic principles in motivation -- Motivation and work -- Fatigue -- Psychological fatigue and related phenomena -- Safety -- The working environment -- Psychological factors in labor turnover -- Counseling, interviewing, and improving job contacts.
LCCN
65001728
OCLC
  • ocm00546973
  • 546973
  • SCSB-275304
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library