Excerpt from Instincts in Industry: A Study of Working-Class Psychology
There has thus far been little serious study of the industrial activities of manual workers in the light of our increasing body of knowledge about human nature and the structure of human beings. The fears, ambitions, attitudes, and achievements of working-people have been studied in relation to economic history, climate, ethics, and religion; but attempts to show the connection of their conduct with the realities of human nature are few. This is to be regretted because there is reason to believe that an examination of human behavior in industry will disclose vital relationships between those maladjustments which we call "labor problems," and the functioning of that complex of inherent tendencies and acquired characteristics which is human nature. In due course such examination promises to lead to a vastly better understanding of events and their causes, and to a deliberate attempt to mold the world nearer to the necessities of the nervous system and the mind.
A comprehensive survey of man"s conduct in industry, of his endowments and capacities in the light of modern anthropology and the so-called "behavioristic" psychology, is beyond the scope of the present study. The aim is far less ambitious.
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