Testing People at Work: Competencies in Psychometric Testing, Mike Smith and Pam Smith (Blackwell Publishing, 2004)
Impact of personality on work performance
Team Roles at Work, Meredith Belbin (Butterworth-Heinemann Ltd, 2003)
Type Talk at Work: How the Sixteen Personality Types Determine Your Success on the Job, O. Kroeger, J. Thuesen and H. Rutledge (Delta, 2002)
Working with Emotional Intelligence, Daniel Goleman (Bloomsbury Publishing, 1999)
Career development aids
Build Your Own Rainbow: Workbook for Career and Life Management, Barrie Hopson and Mike Scally (Management Books, 1999)
Perfect Interview, Max Eggert (Random House, 2003)
The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, Stephen R. Covey (Simon & Schuster, 1999)
The Work We were Born to Do: Find the Work You Love, Love the Work You Do, Nick Williams (Element Books, 2000)
What Color Is Your Parachute?: A Practical Guide for Job-Hunters and Career Changers: Workbook, Richard Bolles (Ten Speed Press, 2006)
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Table of Contents
Cover
Table of Contents
Copyright
Other titles in the Perfect series
Perfect Personality Profiles
Content
Introduction
1 Why do employers measure personality?
Personality and work performance
The impact of situations on behaviour
Job fit
Organization fit
What are questionnaires used for?
2 What is personality?
Behavioural style
Traits
Types
3 Measuring personality
Selection interviews
Psychological measures of personality
Example question styles
Other approaches to measuring personality
4 What questionnaires measure
Personality
Competencies
Emotional intelligence
Motivation, values and interests
Work styles
5 How employers use personality questionnaires
Example personality profile and report
Relating personality profiles to jobs
6 Completing a questionnaire
Mode of presentation
Preparation ahead of time
Completing the questionnaire
Hints on answering questions
After completing the questionnaire
Standards in the use of questionnaires
Frequently asked questions
Further reading
Notes
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