Review of The psychology of personnel

Abstract

Reviews the book, The psychology of personnel by Henry Beaumont (1945). According to the reviewer, the author intended this book to be "a general introduction to the contributions which psychology has made and should continue to make with ever-increasing success to the solution of the problems of personnel management." The book deals also with many of the non-psychological phases of personnel management. The reviewer states that there is much opinion and little proof presented in the book, but this is a criticism of the personnel field more than a fault of the author. Psychologists and industrial men interested in personnel management should read this book because, in spite of its faults, it casts some new light on a field that is still rather dark. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)