Workplace Executive Summary

A Comparison of the WorkPlace Big Five ProFile™ (WB5P) to Other Five Factor Model Instruments, and Other Trait Measures
 
Executive Summary
 
The WorkPlace Big Five ProFile™ (WB5P) is based on the Five Factor Model of Personality. CentACS launched the WB5P in response to the following client concerns about other Big Five assessments:

Most assessments assess personality for life at large. CentACS clients asked for a personality assessment designed specifically for use in the workplace. The WB5P assesses personality in the workplace and uses workplace terms and examples in the questions. People taking the assessment are asked to think about themselves at work as they answer the questions since most people report that they are somewhat different at work than in their lives at-large. Other assessments have questions that should not be asked, particularly during the selection process. The WB5P is EEOC compatible. All questions have been approved by an employment lawyer. Other assessments have hundreds of questions and clients dislike the length of time it takes to complete them. The WB5P has 107 questions and typically takes 10 - 12 minutes to complete. While many assessments are taken only on paper, the WB5P survey and report are available online or it can be taken on paper.

The WB5P is a normative assessment. Results identify your scores in relation to others in a norm group. The answers to questions and resulting supertraits and subtraits are represented on a continuum. This is opposite to an ipsative test that scores someone against themselves, not others and is based on a forced distribution of points. Research advises against using ipsative tests for selection. The WB5P is based on the Five Factor Model of Personality which is now regarded by the psychological community in the same way as the Table of Elements has become the foundation of chemistry. The WB5P coefficient alpha, validity, and reliability are among the highest of all other assessments. The WB5P is the first Five Factor personality assessment that provides an assessment of one's "capacity" to perform a competency as well as another companion assessment (the WorkPlace 360°™) that actually measures competency performance.