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Psychology and Industrial Efficiency

Author
Hugo Munsterberg
Language
English
Length
112 pages
ISBN
9781836105657
Published
9 October 2026
Imprint
Sovereign
  • Applied psychology
  • industrial-organizational psychology
  • workplace efficiency
  • vocational fitness
  • employee selection
  • job satisfaction
  • consumer behavior
  • scientific management
  • advertising psychology
  • forensic testing

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A foundational text in industrial-organizational psychology. The book outlines how psychological methods can maximize economic productivity. Münsterberg focuses on matching the right worker to the right job, determining the psychological conditions for ideal work output, and using psychological influence to produce the best possible effects on consumers and markets.

Author

Hugo Münsterberg (1863–1916) was a German-American psychologist and a pioneering figure in applied psychology. A student of Wilhelm Wundt, he was invited by William James to direct the Harvard psychological laboratory. Münsterberg revolutionized the field by applying psychological principles to legal systems (founding forensic psychology), industrial efficiency, education, and medicine. He also wrote landmark early theories on film criticism.

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