Quote#Success & Failure
WE have placed our psychotechnical interest at the service of…
Quote byHugo Münsterberg · 1863–1916
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Psychology and Industrial Efficiency (1913), p. 141.
English (original)
WE have placed our psychotechnical interest at the service of economic tasks... The purpose before us was to find for every economic occupation the best-fitted personality, both in the interest of economic success and in the interest of personal development.
— Hugo Münsterberg
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