| Code | BPS/GB/110 |
| Name | Handyside; John D (1923-2005) |
| Forenames | John D |
| Surname | Handyside |
| Dates | 1923-2005 |
| Other Names | John Handyside |
| Nationality | British |
| DatesAndPlaces | Born ? 1923
Died London 20 February 2005 |
| Address | London |
| Relationships | Unknown |
| Activity | John D.Handyside awarded first class honours degree in psychology, and after a period in naval selection he joined the National Institute of Industrial Psychology (NIIP) to research the selection, training and motivation of supervisors in industry, sponsored by the Medical Research Council.
Handyside became Direcctor of research at NIIP and left in 1961 to join Standard Telephones and Cables, where he became Vice-President Personnel.
At the Occupational Psychology Conference of 1976 he announced himself as a ‘Gentleman of Leisure’.
In ‘retirement’ (1976) Handyside derived his income from the Stock market and continued his enthusiasm for the latest developments in programmable calculators and personal computers.
Sources: Handyside's obituary (by David C.Duncan) published in The Psychologist Vol 18 No 6, June 2005.
Compiled by Mike Maskill, BPS Archivist for the History of Psychology Centre. |
| PublishedWorks | An experiment with supervisory training (Report / The National Institute of Industrial Psychology ; 12 1956)
Job Satisfaction: Myths and Reality, John D. Handyside , Mary Speak Senior Research Officer, Blackwell publiihing Ltd / London School of Economics 1964
Handyside, John D., "On Ratings and Rating Scales," Peter Herriot (ed.), Assessment and Selection in Organizations: Methods and Practice for Recruitment and Appraisal, John Wiley & Sons (1989).
Four years later: A follow-up of an experiment in selecting supervisors.
Handyside, John D.; Duncan, David C. Occupational Psychology, Vol 28, 1954, 9-23. |
| Source | Handyside's obituary (by David C.Duncan) published in The Psychologist Vol 18 No 6, June 2005 |
| Conventions | International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN ISBN 0-9696035-3-3
National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 |
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| RefNo | Title | Dates |
| Hand/001 | John Duncan Handyside (1923-2005) Papers | c 1945- c 1998 |