Review of Counseling employees

Abstract

Reviews the book, Counseling employees by Earl M. Bowler and Frances Trigg Dawson (1948). The authors state that this book is an answer to the well founded desire of employee counselors for a handbook written by practical people in down to earth style. Many readers will disagree. Psychologists are not apt to be favorably impressed by a twenty-five degree merit rating scale, consideration of Cardall's Practical Judgment Test as a personality test, statements such as "It is not unusual for a good counselor to be called Mr. Anthony," and frequent use of generalities for which little if any experimental evidence is cited or available. Industrialists are not apt to agree that handicapped persons should be employed to prevent them from developing competitive companies, and that current job salaries are low. This reviewer does not believe that publication of the book will improve the theory or practice of counseling. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)