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Individual Adaptability Measure.

I-ADAPT-M

What it measures
Adaptability as an individual difference across eight dimensions: crisis, work stress, creative problem solving, uncertainty, learning, interpersonal, cultural and physically oriented adaptability.
Length and format
55 items. 5-pt agreement (self-report questionnaire)
Language versions
ZH, ES, PT, DE, TR, KO, FA and others; used in adaptive-performance and change-readiness research.
Normative data
No normative data held in our reference library for this instrument. That is a statement about our library, not about the published literature.
Licence
open with attribution

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Reference
Ployhart, R. E., & Bliese, P. D. (2006). Individual adaptability (I-ADAPT) theory: Conceptualizing the antecedents, consequences, and measurement of individual differences in adaptability. In C. S. Burke, L. G. Pierce & E. Salas (Eds.), Understanding adaptability (pp. 3-39). Emerald.

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