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Attitude Assessment

The Attitude Assessment measures counter-productive behaviours such as Hostility and Dependability, along with others, during the pre-hire screening process.

Attitude Assessments

The Uniqueness of Attitude Assessments: How They Work and Their Importance

Attitude assessments are a fascinating and integral part of psychological evaluation, particularly in organizational and occupational settings. These assessments are unique because they delve into the intricate, often subconscious realms of individual beliefs, feelings, and predispositions that influence behavior. Understanding how attitude assessments work and why they are distinctive provides valuable insight into their role in fostering a positive workplace environment and enhancing employee performance.

Hire for Attitude, Train for Skill

"Hiring for attitude, train for skills" is a recruitment philosophy that emphasises the importance of a candidate's mindset, personality, and approach to work over their current skill set or technical expertise. The idea is that while specific skills can be taught or developed through training, a person's attitude, values, and cultural fit with the organization are more innate and harder to change.

This philosophy is particularly useful in industries or roles where soft skills, cultural alignment, and the ability to learn are more important in the long term than having immediate technical expertise. It also helps in creating a more adaptable and cohesive workforce.

Honesty & Integrity Testing

Research demonstrates that honesty and integrity testing can help to predict counterproductive workplace behaviour.

Assessing a candidates attitudes towards behaviours (such as work reliability, hostility & agression, absenteeism, computer misuse, sexual harrasment), employers can identify individuals who have stricter attitudes and are inherently less likely to steal, lie or be absent from work - an important element is establishing "Company Fit".

Screening out applicants with lenient attitudes towards these counterproductive behaviour leads to:

  • Reduced shrinkage
  • Reduced absenteeism
  • Lower levels of inappropriate workplace behaviour
  • Reduced involuntary turnover

Employing candidates that are inherently less likely to engage in theses counterproductive behaviours will mean that you are employing candidates that are likely to contribute positively to a high reliability culture within the organisation.

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Attitude Scales Measured

Describes the degree to which the person is not able to suppress angry feeling but rather expresses anger physically or verbally to co-workers and thus poses a real risk in the workplace.
Describes the degree to which the individual lacks persistence, work motivation, and organization, ranging from being lackadaisical and careless to being highly disciplined and dependable.
Involves the degree to which the person is likely to engage in pilferage, short-changing customers, falsifying expense accounts, lying to protect him- or herself, exaggerating one's job qualifications and other acts of dishonesty.
A validity scale that measures the degree to which the person has responded truthfully to the test items or is responding in such a way as to make a good impression.
Describes the possibility that this person might use illegal drugs or alcohol while at work, might show up for work either drunk or high or badly hung over, and thus pose a safety risk because of impaired perception or judgment.
Involves the likelihood that this person will ask co-workers for sexual favors, make sexual remarks that upset colleagues, tell dirty jokes, or otherwise behave inappropriately at work.
Described the possibility that this person might abuse the organization's computers to send and/or receive personal e-mails, surf the Web, transact personal business, or otherwise violate company computer-use policies.

Test Summary

Test Attitude Assessment
Measures Honesty and Integrity
Predicts If candidates are likely to engagement in counterproductive work behaviours.
Questions 27 to 45 Questions (depending upon choice of optional scales)
Time Approximately 5 minutes (untimed assessment)
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