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“A Newly Appreciated Art:” The Development of Personnel Work at Leeds & Northrup, 1915–1923

Daniel Nelson

Business History Review, 1970, vol. 44, issue 4, 520-535

Abstract: Pressures for expansion of production brought by World War I caused labor problems which led many American manufacturers to begin organized personnel work. Morris E. Leeds, despite setbacks caused by the 1920–1921 recession, succeeded in creating one of the most comprehensive employee programs in the United States.

Date: 1970
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