Industrial psychology and government

Abstract

In-asmuch as the psychological problems encountered in industry are also met in government, there is as much need for the methods and findings of industrial psychology in the one as in the other. The studies made for the Civil Aeronautics Authority by McFarland and his associates, O'Rourke's studies of the classification and training of government workers, Dodge's improvement of the gas mask and his studies on the selection of men for firing-control squads, and the work of the psychological examiners under Yerkes, are examples of the ways in which psychologists may effectively bring to bear their professional ability on government problems. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)