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AS might have been expected, the discussion of ‘incentives’ in the meeting at Brighton of Section J (Psychology) of the British Association afforded yet another opportunity for attempting to define the nature and extent of the responsibility of scientific workers for industrial efficiency. From various points of view, industry was challenged to try out new techniques and policies of management, and men of science were challenged to develop new concepts and procedures in the organisation of research.
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MACE, C. Nature of Incentives. Nature 162, 557–558 (1948). https://doi.org/10.1038/162557a0
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