| Abstract: | In attempting to predict success or failure in various clerical jobs in the Foreign Service, how useful are responses to questions about attitudes, interests, activities, and family background? From Spring 1954 to December 1956 1183 questionnaires were collected from clerical employees. For each of these employees numerical ratings, length of service and, for those who had terminated, reasons for leaving were determined. "Seven behavioral elements which related to ways of responding to authority, ways for dealing with people, and level of use of intellect appeared to be suggested by the data. It seems likely that the effectiveness of the questionnaire can be improved by redesigning it specifically to measure the behavioral style and capability elements which have emerged from this study." From Psyc Abstracts 36:02:2LD16W. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
