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Bochum Inventory of Personality and Competencies.

BIP

What it measures
Work-related personality and competencies - occupational orientation (achievement, power, leadership motivation), work behaviour (conscientiousness, flexibility, action orientation), social competencies, and psychological constitution
Length and format
210 (14 dimensions); BIP-6F short form. 6-pt Likert (self-report questionnaire)
Language versions
German original; English, Dutch, French, Spanish, Chinese and other adaptations (approx 15+ langs)
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
copyrighted - commercial

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Reference
Hossiep R, Paschen M. Das Bochumer Inventar zur berufsbezogenen Persoenlichkeitsbeschreibung (BIP). 2nd ed. Hogrefe; 2003.

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