The Psychology of Industry Industrial Fatigue and Efficiency

Abstract

TWO entirely different methods of approaching the science of industrial psychology are represented by the two volumes under notice. Dr. Drever's book is an attempt to cover the whole field of industrial psychology, and to accomplish such a task in a book of 148 pages must lay itself open to the charge of being somewhat superficial. He devotes a short chapter to each of the sub-divisions of the science, and quotes, in a not too critical spirit, certain well-known experiments which have been carried out. These examples are mostly taken from the writings of American efficiency engineers, and, interesting as they may be, they are not sufficient to form the foundation of a whole science. They must be submitted to a much more critical examination than Dr. Drever gives them if they are to form even part of the subject-matter of the science at all.

The Psychology of Industry.

By Dr. J. Drever. Pp. xi + 148. (London: Methuen and Co., Ltd., 1921.) 5s. net.

Industrial Fatigue and Efficiency.

By Dr. H. M. Vernon. (Efficiency Books.) Pp. viii + 264. (London: G. Routledge and Sons, Ltd., 1921.) 12s. 6d. net.