[Review of the book Manpower in Industry

Abstract

Reviews the book, Manpower in Industry by Edward S. Cowdrick (see record 1924-10333-000 ). A very complete survey of the human element in industry is attempted in this book, and accomplished thoroughly. The author traces this human element from labor supplies to theories of payment, from organized labor to selling employees' houses. If he is partisan in industrial controversies he does not betray it in the impartial way he follows the ramifications of brains and brawn in modern industrialism. The psychologist's only regret is that Mr. Cowdrick does not know psychology as well as he knows industry. As it is he has given psychologists an excellent skeleton on which to drape some of their knowledge so it will fit into present industrial organizations. At the same time this survey is very provocative: psychology has too little to hide the nakedness of the skeleton. But the psychologist should not put this book in the closet with his other skeletons; it should be read and work undertaken to relieve the rattling challenge. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)