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MAIN PAW – Personality At Work

SHORT PAW – Personality At Work

MAIN PAW – Personality At Work

GENERAL DESCRIPTION

The PAW is a very comprehensive test consisting of 250 test-items and providing the user with 89 scales to measure the entire personality field. It consists of 5 substructures, each consisting of four measuring areas and the latter with a further three supportive factors – a total of 60 scales per substructure. Each one of the 5 substructures is reported on a separate page of the summarised report generated by the PAW. In order to minimise cost and paper, the user has the option to print a one-pager summary of all the results obtained to get a full perspective as well as decide whether or not to print out more detailed results. This one-pager is called The Condensed Summarised Report. The user also has the choice to select an Abridged Summarised Report that would only supply him/her with the most critical defined constructs of the testee’s personality.

In addition to the above, the PAW consists of a lie-detector and a consistency factor. The PAW is the most comprehensive personality test on the market and takes approximately an hour to one and a half hours to complete, but it provides the user with conclusive information on all angles relative to the field of personality. It can be used at all levels and to serve the full spectrum of needs a user may have in the field of personality.

Measuring Areas:

Measuring Areas

The five Main Substructures of PAW:

Doing & work orientation
Self & perceptual orientation
Thinking & styles orientation
People & relations orientation
Emotions & feelings orientation

Plus the three monitor scales, ie., lie detector, consistency factor & unnatural exaggeration.

Purpose:
Comprehensive measuring of personality applicable to the world of work in terms of selection, personal development and organisational development.

PSYCHOMETRIC PROPERTIES

Reliability: Ranging from 0.81 to 0.92 (Significant)

Validity: Ranging from 0.53 to 0.63 (Significant)

Fairness: No significant difference found when applying the ‘norm process’ to the five critically known sensitive’ factors, namely: race, language, gender, tertiary education and schooling and by statistically relating it into a selected multiple criterion of success at the 0,001 level.
Readability: “A maximum of sixth grade of the Fry Readability Graph was strictly adhered to during the test development stage”. No time-limit applies for the completion of the test and a trained test-administrator is always present to assist the testee with questions to ensure full understanding of words, concepts, intention and sentences.

GENERAL USE AND DECISION-MAKING RULES

• The standard PAW can be used at a grade 8 schooling level.
• A score of ‘5’-sten (and below) on the lie-detector scale, should be regarded as a knock-out score.
• The PAW must be interpreted by a registered psychologist.
• To ensure ‘standardisation’ and full ‘coverage’, it is recommended that the ‘PAW: interpretive notes’ be used by any user participating in the PAW for the first time.
• It is important to emphasise the instruction regarding reporting information openly and truthfully in completing the test.

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EQ – Emotional Intelligence
The EQ is deducted from the main PAW as a specialised report consisting of five substructures with six supportive factors each. This specialised report provides the required information regarding EQ in a work situation in practical terms.

Download PAW Emotional Intelligence Report Example

EO – Entrepreneurial Orientation
Similar to the EQ above, the EO is also deducted from the main PAW and consists of five substructures with six supportive factors each. This specialised report provides the required information regarding EO in a work situation in practical terms.

Download PAW Entrepreneurial Orientation Report Example

SMO – Sales & Marketing Orientation
Similar to the above, the SMO is also deducted from the main PAW and consists of five substructures with six supportive factors each. This specialised report provides the required information regarding Sales & Marketing Orientation in a work situation in practical terms.

Download PAW Sales & Marketing Orientation Report Example

FO – Financial Orientation
Similar to the above, the FO is also deducted from the main PAW and consists of five substructures with six supportive factors each. This Specialised Report provides the required information to determine the testee’s ‘fit’ to the general job requirements profile of a typical financial position in the world of work – other than the technical/professional knowledge and expertise that is obtained from studies and work experience in the financial sphere.

MO – Managerial Orientation
Similar to the above, the MO is also deducted from the main PAW and consists of five substructures with six supportive factors each. This specialised report provides the general requirements that are typically associated with a person functioning effectively in the managerial capacity in the world of work; it excludes technical/professional knowledge, know-how and expertise that are derived from academic studies, learning and practical experience in the managerial sphere.

SHORT PAW – Personality At Work

GENERAL DESCRIPTION

In addition to the above ‘main’ version of the PAW, a so-called ‘short’ version is also offered. It consists of 130 test-items and focuses on the critical factors of personality. It does not break the 20 measuring areas; it generates further down, like the ‘main’ PAW does, and takes about 35 minutes to complete. The short PAW is especially useful if a quick and simple assessment of personality is required without the in-depth diagnostic features as provided by the more comprehensive main PAW. A one-page summarised report is provided to the user.

Measuring Areas

The five Main Substructures of PAW:

Doing & work orientation
Self & perceptual orientation
Thinking & styles orientation
People & relations orientation
Emotions & feelings orientation

Plus the three monitor scales, i.e., lie-detector, consistency and unnatural exaggeration.

Purpose:
Condensed personality measure in the world of work for selection.

Psychometric Properties

Reliability:	Ranging from 0.79 to 0.90 (Significant)
Validity:	Ranging from 0.42 to 0.58 (Significant)
Fairness:	No significant differences are detected when applying to subdivided ‘norm process’ on 1121 candidates regarding five critical ‘known sensitive’ factors, namely: race, language, gender, tertiary education and schooling and by statistically relating it to a selected external multiple criterion of success. (N = 1120; significant at the 0.001 level).
Readability:	No significant differences are detected when applying to subdivided ‘norm process’ on 1121 candidates regarding five critical ‘known sensitive’ factors, namely: race, language, gender, tertiary education and schooling and by statistically relating it to a selected external multiple criterion of success. (N = 1120; significant at the 0.001 level).

No significant differences are detected when applying to subdivided ‘norm process’ on 1121 candidates regarding five critical ‘known sensitive’ factors, namely: race, language, gender, tertiary education and schooling and by statistically relating it to a selected external multiple criterion of success. (N = 1120; significant at the 0.001 level).

GENERAL USE AND DECISION-MAKING RULES

• The Short PAW can be used at a grade 8 schooling level.
• A score of ‘5’-sten (or lower) on the lie-detector scale should be considered a knock-out score.
• The short PAW must be interpreted by a registered psychologist.
• It is suggested that the so-called ‘interpretive notes’ be used by first-time users of the test.
• It is important to emphasise the importance being open-minded and truthful during the completion of the test.