Position Classification Inventory.
PCI
- What it measures
- A way to assign Holland RIASEC codes to JOBS/positions (the environment side of Holland's theory) from the work activities, demands and rewards of a position - the environmental counterpart to person-side interest inventories.
- Length and format
- 84 items. ratings of how characteristic each work activity/requirement is of the position; summed to 6 RIASEC environment scores (self-report questionnaire)
- Language versions
- German (EXPLOJOB) and other adaptations; used in person-environment fit 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
- copyrighted - commercial
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- Reference
- Gottfredson, G.D., & Holland, J.L. (1991). Position Classification Inventory. PAR. https://www.parinc.com/
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