Validity of an objectivity key on a short industrial personality questionnaire.

Personality test scores in the management hierarchy.

“…Test, is a brief industrial personality test developed and described in the literature by previous S. J. & H. psychologists headed by H. F. Rothe (1,3,4) and subsequently improved by increasing the number of items from SO to 75 and modifying the trait scoring keys according to the results of an item analysis. The tests were scored on seven trait keys with 8 to 12 items in each trait key and with simple scoring of items without weighting.…”

“…No claim is made that each trait is a pure, unitary factor. Rather, the definitions describe 1 The word "management" is used broadly here to 2 Only 57 cases were available from July 1949 to characterize all positions above the hourly rate level February 19S2 which filled the requirements of being from foreman, engineer, salesman, or accountant, up in the top category and taking the improved Emto president.…”

“…The basic concept implicit in the development of the test was that certain personality traits become increasingly desirable in incumbents and applicants as the positions bear increasing responsibility and relative status in the management hierarchy. 1 The most obvious test of validity of these traits would be to determine whether or not the people holding positions at different management hierarchy levels show differences in these same test traits and whether the differences show constant increments as the hierarchy levels increase.…”

Validity of an emotional key on a short industrial personality questionnaire.

“…The information presented in that paper and the use of that information as described is of no value unless it can be shown that the Objectivity key is a valid measure of "faking" and unless the other keys are also valid for measuring various personality characteristics. A second paper described an experiment with college students in which it was shown that the Objectivity key, and other keys could be "faked," if the respondents so desired (1).…”

“…Accordingly the validity of the procedure of using the Objectivity scores to determine the set of norms to use in interpreting the Emotionality key on a short personality questionnaire (50 items) in industrial screening is demonstrated. 1 The Criterion Group For purposes of this study the personality questionnaire was administered routinely to a sample of 100 male patients consecutively admitted to the Mental Hygiene Clinic of a Veterans Administration Center. All of the respondents had been admitted to the clinic as patients, and this fact is used as the criterion of their maladjustment.…”