Personnel Psychology and Small Business

Abstract

The psychologist acting as consultant to a small concern operates under serious restrictions on his usual personnel methods. Often the selection of employees is only a small part of his general services. The number of new men being hired is small, the turnover rate may be infinitesimal, and even a survey of the men on the job may yield paltry information in comparison with usual employment studies. Ideally this sort of operation should be carried on at a national level with many or all of the local concerns of the same sort participating in the project. This would probably only be feasible through arrangements between an association of these concerns and some psychological consultants similar in scope to the Psychological Corporation. Lacking these connections, the psychologist locally still faces these persistent difficulties. In the opinion of the writer, there are three lines of evidence which can lend support to the consultant in making his judgments and recommendations. The author describes this evidence in detail. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)