Personal Globe Inventory.
PGI
Tracey's spherical model of interests and competence beliefs: 18 spherical scales organized on three dimensions - People/Things, Data/Ideas, and Prestige - subsuming and extending Holland's RIASEC hexagon. Yields 8 basic interest scales plus prestige-differentiated scales.
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- Length and format
- ~334 in the extended form (108 occupation-preference + 113 activity-preference + 113 activity-competence); shorter PGI-Short exists. 7-pt liking/competence ratings of occupations and activities (self-report questionnaire)
- Language versions
- Used cross-culturally (e.g. US, Japan, and other samples in structural studies); Portuguese application published 2024; research-distributed in several languages
- Licence
- copyrighted - author permission
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- Reference
- Tracey, T.J.G. (2002). Personal Globe Inventory: Measurement of the spherical model of interests and competence beliefs. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 60(1), 113-172.
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