The BIP questionnaire is designed to measure certain personality aspects important from the point of view of the effective professional functioning. Both self-descriptive and observational versions are available, but only the former has been normalized.
The self-descriptive version consists of 220 items that the respondent answers by means of a 6-point scale, thus assessing the extent to which each item refers to him/her. The score may be calculated according to 14 basic scales divided into 4 dimensions: Professional orientation (including Achievement motivation, Power motivation, and Leadership motivation), Professional behaviour (including Conscientiousness, Flexibility, and Towards action-orientation), Social competence (including Social sensibility, Openness to relations, Sociability, Towards team-orientation, Assertiveness), Psychological nature (including Emotional stability, Work under pressure, and Self-confidence). The observational version consists of 42 items (3 for each scale) that the respondent answers using a 10-point scale.
Materials:
- Komplet (manual, test taker guide (observer-rated), 3 types of sheets – 25 copies each, 2 types of item booklets – 25 copies each, set of keys – 8 copies)
- Manual
- Item Booklet (Observer-Rated)(25 copies)
- Item Booklet (Self-Rated) (25 copies)
- Scoring Key (Acetates) (8 copies)
- Summary Score Sheets (Self-Rated) (25 copies)
- Profile Sheets (Self-Rated) (25 copies)
- Profile Sheets (Observer-Rated) (25 copies)
- Test Taker Guides (Observer-Rated)
The BIP questionnaire may be used in selection and development processes, in coaching, professional counselling and in competence research among management.
Reliability
Internal compatibility coefficients for each scale have the value of around 0,8.
Validity
The structure of the Polish adaptation proved to be analogous to the original version. Scores in BIP scales correlate with the corresponding scores in NEO-PI-R scales and subscales, as well as with the scores in LMI scales, referring to various aspects of achievement motivation. Validity was also confirmed by the scores in various professional groups. The comparison of scores achieved by persons performing managerial and non-managerial functions showed that BIP may be a valid instrument for examining managerial competences.
Norms
For professionally active adults aged 20–65.
The test is also available as an online examination on the Epsilon Platform and as an option for entering and calculating scores from the paper-and-pencil version on the Epsilon Platform.
Uprawnienia do zakupu i stosowania danego testu zależą od jego kategorii, wyznaczonej zgodnie z kategoryzacją Komisji do Spraw Testów Psychologicznych działającej z ramienia Polskiego Towarzystwa Psychologicznego.
BIP jest narzędziem kategorii B2.
B2 – testy dla psychologów; dla innych specjalistów po ukończonym ogólnym szkoleniu z psychometrii zakończonym egzaminem, a następnie szkolenia z zakresu konkretnego testu (lub grupy podobnych testów)
Wymagane kwalifikacje:
- Ukończone studia magisterskie z psychologii – wymagane przedłożenie kopii dyplomu
LUB
- Ukończone dowolne studia wyższe magisterskie – wymagane przedłożenie kopii dyplomu
- ORAZ posiadanie certyfikatu ukończenia szkolenia i zaliczenia egzaminu z psychometrii wg programu zaakceptowanego przez PTP
- ORAZ ukończone szkolenie z zakresu konkretnego testu (lub grupy podobnych testów) – wymagane przedłożenie certyfikatu ukończenia szkolenia
- ORAZ praca z ludźmi w obszarze zawodowym, który stanowi uzasadnienie dla wyboru i stosowania narzędzia.
