Workplace PERMA-Profiler.
Workplace PERMA
- What it measures
- Workplace wellbeing on Seligman's PERMA model: Positive emotion, Engagement, Relationships, Meaning, Accomplishment (plus filler items for overall happiness, negative emotion, health, and loneliness), adapted to the work context.
- Length and format
- 23 (15 PERMA core x 3 + 8 filler/overall). 11-pt scale (0 not at all -> 10 completely) (self-report questionnaire)
- Language versions
- Many incl. ZH (validated), NO, ES, PT, IT and others
- Normative data
- Normative data for this instrument is held in our reference library. The per-population breakdown is not published here.
- Licence
- open with attribution
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- Reference
- Kern, M.L. (2014). The Workplace PERMA-Profiler. (Adapted from Butler, J., & Kern, M.L. (2016). The PERMA-Profiler. International Journal of Wellbeing, 6(3), 1-48.) https://www.peggykern.org/
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