The Servants of Power: A History of the use of Social Science in American Industry

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Baritz’s historical analysis demonstrated that in the first half of the 20th century, groups of social scientists in the service of management emerged, with their offerings being received warmly in genera

Author(s): Baritz, Loren
Edition: 1
Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
Year: 1960

Language: English
Pages: 273
City: Middletown, Connecticut
Tags: history, behaviorism, social science, psychology, industrial psychology

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Contents
Preface ix The Need for Knowledge 3 The Birth of Industrial Psychology 21 War 42 In Search of a Science 58 Hawthorne 76 Hawthorne and Managerial Sociology 96 Depression and Repression 117 War and Peace 139 Human Relations and Power 167 The Servants of Power 191 References 211 Index 261