WKP. MULTIDIMENTIONAL PREFERENCE QUESTIONNAIRE
The questionnaire enables to diagnose preferences in job characteristics and work conditions. It generates a list of jobs, both preferred and not advised.
DESCRIPTION: The questionnaire consists of 133 statements covering seven groups of interests in job types (Language, Mathematical-Logical, Practical-Technical, Practical-Aesthetical, Tutelary-Service, Managing-Organizing, and Biological Interests) as well as preferred work conditions: planning/improvising and high/low level of stimulation at work. Subjects rate the applicability of the statements on a five-point scale.
RELIABILITY: High internal consistency coefficients.
VALIDITY: Proved on a basis of factor analysis, intra-group comparisons (women and men, several job groups), correlations with other tools for measuring job interests.
NORMS: For junior high school and high school students, adults.
APPLICATIONS: Results of the questionnaire can be helpful in choosing learning and training path, career, taking decisions about retraining and so on.
Note! You can also purchase a computerized version of WKP and a program to calculate the results.
MATERIALS:
• Kit (manual, 25 test sheets, key)
• Manual
• Test sheets (25 copies)
• Key