Chapter TenRepresenting the WorkerWhat We Might Do
Advocacy for workers by those within and advising organizations is recommended.
There is no real doubt that, historically, work psychologists have in the main labored at the behest and in the interests of business management. This does not mean that any particular psychologist has not also taken into account worker preferences or needs; we saw that Taylor himself argued strongly that his Principles of Scientific Management helped both boss and worker. And, when asked, virtually all work psychologists would say the same: they are attempting a “win–win.” For example, developing a battery of standardized selection measures that is more predictively valid than the ...
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