Working Styles Assessment™ (WSA™) (Includes Client Assessment & Client Interpretive Report) Digital Version
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WSADIG
A$19.95
A$19.95
Working Styles Assessment (WSA)
Purpose: Assess workplace personality traits in adults
Age Range: 17 to 70 years
Admin: Self-Report, individual or group
Admin Time: 25 minutes to administer
Introduction
This report is intended to be used by professionals working with an individual (i.e., the user) who has completed the Working Styles Assessment (WSA). This report provides information about the strengths and preferences of the user as they relate to workplace personality.
Overview of the WSA
The WSA is a self-assessment of workplace personality characteristics related to successful job performance. The constructs assessed with the WSA represent the strengths and preferences of the individual in his or her job. The WSA includes 18 working styles, which are grouped into five broad constructs: Drive, Interpersonal Skill, Adjustment, Responsibility, and Problem-Solving Skill. Beginning on page 4, this report describes what each of these constructs represents and which working styles they comprise. The working styles measured by the WSA are based on the Occupational Information Network (O*NET) taxonomy of work styles, a collection of traits that describes the personality characteristics associated with success across a variety of jobs.
The WSA can help individuals gain a better understanding of their personal work preferences and how they approach a variety of situations in the workplace. This information can be used to identify or narrow a list of potential occupations that an individual may find satisfying and in which he or she may perform well. It can also provide the foundation for career exploration: individuals can use the information provided in this report, in combination with the occupational descriptions provided by the O*NET, to investigate occupations for which they are best suited based on the work styles that are important for success in those particular jobs. Choosing a career is a complex task that requires individuals to consider a multitude of factors including their values, interests, skills, abilities, education, and experience.
The WSA is only one way to explore career possibilities. To maximize the benefits of the WSA, the results of this assessment should be evaluated in combination with other career exploration activities, such as interest inventories and discussions with the individual regarding their abilities and aptitudes.
The WSA assesses a person’s work-related personality traits—the traits that are related to effective job performance.
Features and benefits
Applications and settings
Purpose: Assess workplace personality traits in adults
Age Range: 17 to 70 years
Admin: Self-Report, individual or group
Admin Time: 25 minutes to administer
Introduction
This report is intended to be used by professionals working with an individual (i.e., the user) who has completed the Working Styles Assessment (WSA). This report provides information about the strengths and preferences of the user as they relate to workplace personality.
Overview of the WSA
The WSA is a self-assessment of workplace personality characteristics related to successful job performance. The constructs assessed with the WSA represent the strengths and preferences of the individual in his or her job. The WSA includes 18 working styles, which are grouped into five broad constructs: Drive, Interpersonal Skill, Adjustment, Responsibility, and Problem-Solving Skill. Beginning on page 4, this report describes what each of these constructs represents and which working styles they comprise. The working styles measured by the WSA are based on the Occupational Information Network (O*NET) taxonomy of work styles, a collection of traits that describes the personality characteristics associated with success across a variety of jobs.
The WSA can help individuals gain a better understanding of their personal work preferences and how they approach a variety of situations in the workplace. This information can be used to identify or narrow a list of potential occupations that an individual may find satisfying and in which he or she may perform well. It can also provide the foundation for career exploration: individuals can use the information provided in this report, in combination with the occupational descriptions provided by the O*NET, to investigate occupations for which they are best suited based on the work styles that are important for success in those particular jobs. Choosing a career is a complex task that requires individuals to consider a multitude of factors including their values, interests, skills, abilities, education, and experience.
The WSA is only one way to explore career possibilities. To maximize the benefits of the WSA, the results of this assessment should be evaluated in combination with other career exploration activities, such as interest inventories and discussions with the individual regarding their abilities and aptitudes.
The WSA assesses a person’s work-related personality traits—the traits that are related to effective job performance.
Features and benefits
- The only workplace personality assessment that uses the current Occupational Information Network (O*NET) terminology. O*NET provides a wealth of information and is used on many Australia sites as reference to job specification. The personality traits measured by the WSA can be compared to the traits associated with hundreds of current occupations listed in the O*NET database.
- Measures 18 constructs, including all 16 working styles defined by the O*NET. These constructs are grouped in five general categories: drive, interpersonal skill, adjustment, responsibility, and problem-solving skill.
Applications and settings
- Helps users understand their own work preferences and approaches, allowing them to identify potentially satisfying occupations and providing the foundation for work with a career counsellor.
- Helps hiring managers identify the working styles they value in employees and select applicants based on the degree to which they possess those working styles.
- The Assessment Booklet includes 14 agree-or-disagree statements for each of the 18 constructs measured.
- The User’s Workbook helps examinees organize their results, generate a list of their own top 10 working styles, and match those styles to potential occupations.
- For the counsellor or HR professional, the Score Summary Sheet provides a fast way to score and organize the working styles of a client or job seeker.
