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MUSIC ON THE JOB: ITS INFLUENCE ON WORKER MORALE AND PRODUCTION 1

1961; Wiley; Volume: 14; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1111/j.1744-6570.1961.tb00919.x

1744-6570

Richard S. Uhrbrock,

Musicians’ Health and Performance

Personnel PsychologyVolume 14, Issue 1 p. 9-38 MUSIC ON THE JOB: ITS INFLUENCE ON WORKER MORALE AND PRODUCTION1 RICHARD S. UHRBROCK, RICHARD S. UHRBROCK Ohio UniversitySearch for more papers by this author RICHARD S. UHRBROCK, RICHARD S. UHRBROCK Ohio UniversitySearch for more papers by this author First published: March 1961 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-6570.1961.tb00919.xCitations: 38 1 The following persons and organizations have kindly permitted publication of restricted and copyrighted material included in this report: Mr. George Meany, President, American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations; Dr. Willard A. Kerr, Illinois Institute of Technology; American Psychological Association; Controller of Her Majesty's Stationery Office; Fortune; Houghton Mifflin Company; The Journal Press; Mechanical Engineering; Muzak Corporation; Stanford University Press. 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