The Psychology of Industry (Classic Reprint)

Author: James DreverPublisher: Forgotten BooksPaperback:It is true it has been written partly with the purpose of meeting the needs of W.E.A. classes and courses for social study, such as the classes the writer has himself had experience of teaching in Edinburgh. But, while the needs of such readers have been kept in view throughout, an attempt has also been made to present the matter in a way that would interest and assist the intelligent man in the street who desires to know something of what has been done by the psychologist in this new field. Much psychological activity has been recently manifested in this field of industry and commerce, and it has indeed become imperative that the results should be known to a wider public. That may be taken as the main object of the present work. There are several books in existence, especially by American writers, which profess the same object. Nevertheless there seems to be room for a book adhering more to the psychological point of view, and em