ABSTRACT

This is Volume IV of seven in a collection on Social Psychology. Originally published in 1939, this book studies officer selection in the Army on changing from an interview only process to a more 'experimental' method of attending a Company Commanders school, and more scientific and psychological methods in the selection of leaders either in the military or the civil service.

part 1|38 pages

Theories

chapter 1|4 pages

Introduction

chapter 3|9 pages

The Group

chapter 4|7 pages

The Leader

part 2|211 pages

Techniques

chapter 7|3 pages

The Reception of Candidates

chapter 8|22 pages

Psychological Screening by Written Tests

The Projection Battery: The Personality Pointer

part 1|35 pages

Observers Function as a Team

part 2|91 pages

The Observer Team Splits

chapter 12|14 pages

Differentiating Group-Effegtiveness into its Component Roles

The Pso Battery and Interviews

chapter 13|25 pages

The Human Problems Session

chapter 14|50 pages

The Projective Psychiatric Interview

part 3|10 pages

The Observer Team Re-Forms

chapter XVII|8 pages

A Sociometric Check-Up

The Test Of Objective Judgement

part 4|40 pages

Final And General Procedures

part 3|20 pages

Trends And Implications