O*NET Work Importance Profiler and Work Importance Locator.
WIP / WIL
Work values from the Theory of Work Adjustment: Achievement, Independence, Recognition, Relationships, Support, Working Conditions; derived from 21 underlying work-need statements.
- Provisionally grouped under
- Length and format
- 21 work-need statements. forced-choice card sort (WIL, paper) or computerised paired ranking (WIP) (self-report questionnaire)
- Language versions
- Spanish version distributed by the O*NET Resource Center; embedded in national career-guidance systems that localise O*NET content - count unverified
- Licence
- open with attribution
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- Reference
- National Center for O*NET Development. Work Importance Locator (WIL). O*NET Resource Center. https://www.onetcenter.org/WIL.html ; development report: Development of the O*NET Computerized Work Importance Profiler. https://www.onetcenter.org/dl_files/DevCWIP.pdf
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