Using Personality Tests in Leadership Development: Test Format Effects and the Mitigating Impact of Explanations and Feedback.

Harland, Lynn K.

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ERIC Number: EJ675828

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Publication Date: 2003

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Using Personality Tests in Leadership Development: Test Format Effects and the Mitigating Impact of Explanations and Feedback.

Harland, Lynn K.

Human Resource Development Quarterly, v14 n3 p285-301 Fall 2003

Leadership development students were randomly assigned to complete a personality questionnaire either as a normative test (n=85), forced-choice (n=84), or forced-choice with explanation of its benefits (n=86). Forced-choice-only takers perceived it as less accurate, useful, and respectful. Explanations influenced only perceptions of control, not accuracy, usefulness, or respectfulness. (Contains 29 references.) (SK)

Descriptors: Feedback, Forced Choice Technique, Leadership Training, Negative Attitudes, Personality Measures, Test Format

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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