Dichter, Ernest, 1907-1991

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Information for Authority record

Name (Hebrew)
דיכטר, ארנסט
Name (Latin)
Dichter, Ernest, 1907-1991
Date of birth
1907
Date of death
1991
Associated country
Austria
United States
Field of activity
Marketing research
Motivation research (Marketing)
Psychology
Occupation
Psychologists
Associated Language
ger
Gender
male
Biographical or Historical Data
psychologist
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 109131172
Wikidata: Q85469
Library of congress: n 50028789
Sources of Information
  • Ernest Dichter research reports, 1937-1988:processing notes (Ernest Dichter; b. Aug. 14, 1907 at Vienna; d. Nov. 21, 1991 near Peekskill, N.Y.; pioneer in consumer motivational research; Ph.D. from the University of Vienna, 1934; came to the U.S. as a refugee, 1938; worked for the J. Stirling Getchell advertising agency and for the Columbia Broadcasting System at New York City; operated a consulting business under a variety of firm names, including the Institute for Research in Mass Motivations (1952) and the Institute for Motivational Research, Inc. (1955), in suburban Montrose, N.Y., and later at Croton-on-Hudson, N.Y., with branch offices in London, Zurich and Frankfurt, including the Ernest Dichter International Institut für Motiv- und Marketingforschung; the German and Swiss offices were continued after his retirement by others)
  • Information from 678 field, converted July 27, 2014(psychologist)
  • Marquis Who's who, via WWW, Oct. 31, 2008:(b. Aug. 14, 1907; d. Nov. 21, 1991)
  • The psychology of everyday living, 1947.
  • Author's The psychology of everyday living, 1947.
  • The naked manager, c1974:t.p. (Ernest Dichter)
  • הרגשות של סשה, 1977: