Psychology and Industrial Productivity: A Reader

Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
Front Matter....Pages 1-3
Job Attitudes and Employee Motivation: Theory, Research and Practice....Pages 5-22
Participative Decision Making: an Experimental Study in a Hospital....Pages 23-32
Knowledge of Performance as an Incentive in Repetitive Industrial Work....Pages 33-38
An Experimental Case Study of the Successes and Failures of Job Enrichment in a Government Agency....Pages 39-62
The ‘Practical Significance’ of Locke’s Theory of Goal Setting....Pages 63-69
Split Roles in Performance Appraisal....Pages 70-84
Front Matter....Pages 85-87
Motives of Workpeople who Restrict their Output....Pages 89-102
Employee Reactions to a Pay Incentive Plan....Pages 103-122
Leadership Style, Subordinate Personality and Task Type as Predictors of Performance and Satisfaction with Supervision....Pages 123-140
Work-group Composition as a Factor in Productivity and Satisfaction....Pages 141-160
Relation of Organisational Structure to Job Satisfaction, Anxiety-Stress and Performance....Pages 161-175
Front Matter....Pages 177-179
Realistic Expectations as an Aid in Reducing Voluntary Resignations....Pages 181-187
Effectiveness of an Attendance Control Policy in Reducing Chronic Absenteeism....Pages 188-201
Front Matter....Pages 203-205
Men, Machines and Productivity....Pages 207-214
Is Human Factors Engineering Worth the Investment?....Pages 215-222
The Marriage of Human Factors and Safety in Industry....Pages 223-239
Front Matter....Pages 241-244
Instrument Reading: the Design of Long-scale Indicators for Speed and Accuracy of Quantitative Readings....Pages 245-258
Tactile and Kinaesthetic Aspects of Push-Buttons....Pages 259-273
Check-Reading Accuracy as a Function of Pointer Alignment, Patterning and Viewing Angle....Pages 274-281
Tests of Ten Control-Display Linkages....Pages 282-294
Front Matter....Pages 241-244
Direction of Motion Relationships between Controls and Displays Moving in Different Planes....Pages 295-305
Front Matter....Pages 307-308
The Environment at Work....Pages 309-323
A Study of the Performance of Industrial Inspectors under Two Kinds of Lighting....Pages 324-338
Back Matter....Pages 339-340