Occupational Personality Questionnaire 32.
OPQ32
32 work-relevant personality dimensions grouped into 3 domains (Relationships with People, Thinking Style, Feelings & Emotions), reportable against ~9 competency clusters
- Length and format
- OPQ32n ~104 statements (Likert); OPQ32r forced-choice blocks. OPQ32n = 5-pt Likert (+ social-desirability scale); OPQ32r = forced-choice triads scored by IRT (+ consistency scale) (self-report questionnaire)
- Language versions
- Available in 30+ languages for global selection (extensive European, Asian, Middle Eastern and Latin American versions)
- Licence
- copyrighted - commercial
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- Reference
- SHL (2009). OPQ32 Technical Manual. Thames Ditton, UK: SHL Group. https://www.shl.com
Measures you can take in personality: broadband models
These are measures in the same field, which you can take here. This entry does not describe them.
- Short Big Five Test (10 Items)PER-BF10
- Big Five Test with Facets (120 Items)PER-BF120
- Comprehensive Big Five Test (300 Items)PER-BF300
- Big Five Personality TestPER-BF50
- HEXACO Facets Test (100 Items)PER-HEX100
- Quick HEXACO Test (24 Items)PER-HEX24
- HEXACO Personality TestPER-HEX60
- Personal Integrity TestSKL-PI
More in Personality: broadband models
- BFI-10 - Big Five Inventory-10
10 items. open with attribution.
- HEXACO-PI-R - HEXACO Personality Inventory-Revised
200 (full) or 100 (half-length); plus a 25th Altruism facet. open with attribution.
- HEXACO-100
100 items. open with attribution.
- HEXACO-60
60 (10 per factor). open with attribution.
- IPIP-50 / IPIP-BFFM - IPIP Big-Five Factor Markers (50-item)
50 (10 per domain). public-domain / open.
- IPIP-NEO (300-item)
300 (10 per facet). public-domain / open.
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