PERSONNEL SELECTION: A SHORT METHOD FOR SELECTION OF COMBAT OFFICERS
Authors: C. W. Heath, W. L. Woods, L. Brouha, C. C. Seltzer, A. V. Bock
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1943)

Article1 September 1943PERSONNEL SELECTION: A SHORT METHOD FOR SELECTION OF COMBAT OFFICERSC. W. HEATH, W. L. WOODS, L. BROUHA, C. C. SELTZER, A. V. BOCKC. W. HEATHSearch for more papers by this author, W. L. WOODSSearch for more papers by this author, L. BROUHASearch for more papers by this author, C. C. SELTZERSearch for more papers by this author, A. V. BOCKSearch for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-19-3-415 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptFor the past four years the Grant Study of the Hygiene Department at Harvard has been engaged in investigations concerning healthy, normal young men. In these investigations the technic of the fields of medicine, anthropology, physiology, social studies, psychology and psychiatry were employed, and the procedure by which the different technics were all applied to the same young men was essentially coöperative. Detailed information of wide scope was obtained on about 270 young college men who were unselected save for health and "normality." A simple system of classifying personality traits of normal persons was developed by which, to a certain...Bibliography1. Studies in the Relationship of Personality and Field of Work: Selection of Combat Officers, 1943, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass. Google Scholar2. JOHNSONBROUHA REL: Pulse rate, blood lactate and duration of effort in relation to ability to perform strenuous exercise, Rev. canadienne de Biol., 1942, i, 171-177. Google Scholar3. JOHNSONBROUHADARLING RELRC: A test of physical fitness for strenuous exertion, Rev. canadienne de Biol., 1942, i, 491-503. Google Scholar4. BROUHAGRAYBIELHEATH LACW: The step test. A simple method of measuring fitness for hard muscular work in adult man, Rev. canadienne de Biol., 1943, ii, 86-92. Google Scholar5. BROUHAHEATH LCW: Resting pulse and blood pressure values in relation to physical fitness, New England Jr. Med., 1943, ccxxviii, 473-477. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. SELTZERBROUHA CCL: The "masculine" component and physical fitness, Am. Jr. Phys. Anthrop., 1943, i, 95-108. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Cambridge, Massachusetts*Presented at the New England Regional Meeting of the American College of Physicians held in Boston, Massachusetts, February 5, 1943.From The Grant Study, Hygiene Department, Harvard University. The details of the method have been published in a booklet.1 PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byStepping From Belgium to the United States and Back: The Conceptualization and Impact of the Harvard Step Test, 1942–2012 1 September 1943Volume 19, Issue 3Page: 415-426KeywordsHealth information technologyHygienePersonality traitsPsychology ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 September 1943 PDF downloadLoading ...