motivational analysis of organizations
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40 ❘❚<br />
INTERVENTION STYLE SURVEY<br />
B. H. Arbes<br />
Name _________________________________ Group ______________________<br />
Instructions: Twelve typical situations that a university student personnel dean<br />
encounters in his or her position have been included in this instrument. For each <strong>of</strong> these<br />
situations, five optional ways <strong>of</strong> responding have been listed.<br />
Each optional response is different from the other four. As you will be asked to<br />
differentiate among the five responses, it is necessary that you read all five before<br />
answering.<br />
After reading all five responses, select the response that is most similar to the way<br />
you would actually react in that situation, and place the letter corresponding to that<br />
response (a, b, c, d, e) somewhere on the “Most Similar” end <strong>of</strong> the ten-point scale.<br />
Next select the response that is least similar to the way you would actually react,<br />
and place the letter corresponding to that response (a, b, c, d, e) toward the “Least<br />
Similar” end <strong>of</strong> the scale. Complete your answer by placing the three remaining letters<br />
within this most-least range in terms <strong>of</strong> how well each response reflects the way you<br />
would actually react in that particular situation (see example).<br />
Example: I have just won $5,000 in a magazine publisher’s contest. I will probably:<br />
a. Pay <strong>of</strong>f all outstanding bills and place the remaining amount in a savings<br />
account.<br />
b. Invest the entire amount in sound stock.<br />
c. Buy a new car.<br />
d. Take an extensive trip.<br />
e. Place the entire amount in my savings account.<br />
Most a d<br />
c b e Least<br />
Similiar 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Similar<br />
Of the five alternatives, this person chose response “a” as most similar to the way<br />
he or she would respond in this situation, although it was not given a ranking <strong>of</strong> 10.<br />
Response “e” was least similar. The respondent ranked responses “d,” “c,” and “b” on<br />
the most-least continuum, between “a” and “e,” response “d” being very similar to the<br />
way he or she would respond and “b” very dissimilar to the way he or she would<br />
respond.<br />
This respondent’s answer could have been:<br />
Most b<br />
c d a e Least<br />
Similiar 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Similar<br />
The Pfeiffer Library Volume 19, 2nd Edition. Copyright © 1998 Jossey-Bass/Pfeiffer
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