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ENGINEERS and chemists have long been an essential part of the staff of every large factory. No new machine is bought before it has been carefully examined and good proof evinced of its worth. Samples of raw materials are analysed by the chemists to observe their purity or strength. It is but recently, however, that the importance has been realised, in full, of the scientific selection of staff. The success of many a factory depends as much, or more, on the skill of the men who use the machines as on the machines themselves. It is no uncommon thing to find two operatives with equal experience, working side by side on similar machines, one of whom will produce half again as great an output as his companion.
The Psychology of Selecting Men.
By Prof. Donald A. Laird. Pp. xii + 274. (New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc.; London: McGraw-Hill Publishing Co., Ltd., 1925.) 15s. net.
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SPIELMAN, W. The Psychology of Selecting Men . Nature 117, 444 (1926). https://doi.org/10.1038/117444a0
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