Date of Award
8-1966
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Department
Psychology
First Advisor
Dr. Frank A. Fatzinger
Second Advisor
Dr. J. E. Nangle
Third Advisor
Dr. E. J. Asher
Access Setting
Masters Thesis-Open Access
Abstract
A cursory examination of employment application blanks, so commonly used in modern business, reveals that two kinds of data are normally requested of a job applicant. The first kind of data are items necessary for the identification of the prospective employee: name, age, sex, address, and so on to the extent permissible and required by existing law and customary personnel administration procedures.
The use of the second kind of data contained in application blanks is seldom explicitly stated but is assumed to be of greater importance for personnel selection decisions. Information regarding previous job history, hobbies, and related activities and interests is requested. What the applicant has done in the past is hypothesized to be related to what he will do in the future.
Recommended Citation
Dornon, Joffrey Michael, "Identification of Long-Tenure Hourly Factory Workers Using a Weighted Application Blank" (1966). Masters Theses. 4037.
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/masters_theses/4037