Quote: disallow long-term labor gangs of more than four men; avoids loss of ambition and initiative when herded as gangs instead of treated as individuals

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As another illustration of the value of a scientific study of the motives which influence workmen in their daily work, the loss of ambition and initiative will be cited, which takes place in workmen when they are herded into gangs instead of being treated as separate individuals. ... [p. 73] For this reason a general order had been issued in the Bethlehem Steel Works that no more than four men were to be allowed to work in a labor gang without a special permit ... for one week only.   Google-1   Google-2

Published before 1923

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