Appendix B: Scoring Keys for Self-Assessment Exercises
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- 1–3 = an external locus of control
- 4–5 = a balanced locus of control
- 6–7 = an internal locus of control
- What Values Are Most Important to You?
Chapter 3
- Can You Understand This Passage?
- How Do You Feel about Women Executives?
- 10–21 = an unfavorable attitude toward women as managers
- 22–38 = a neutral attitude toward women as managers
- 39–50 = a favorable attitude toward women as managers
- What did you learn about yourself on the basis of this exercise?
- Are You Satisfied with Your Job?
- 5–10 = low satisfaction
- 11–19 = moderate satisfaction
- 20–25 = high satisfaction
How did you do on each factor? If you were a manager and saw these results, what would you do to improve the scores of your coworkers?
Chapter 4
- Designing Your Own Behavioral Self-Management Program
Chapter 8
- How Would You Rate Your Supervisor?
- How Much Feedback Are You Getting from Your Job?
Corrective feedback (add up items 1–3) Positive supervisory feedback (add up items 4–6) Positive coworker feedback (add up items 7–9) Self-administered feedback (add up items 10–12) When finished, examine and study the results. Where did you get the most feedback? Where did you get the least feedback?
Chapter 9
- How Do You Behave in a Group?
Task-oriented behavior (add up items 1–4) Relations-oriented behavior (add up items 5–8) Self-oriented behavior (add up items 9–12) Examine the resulting pattern in your answers. As usual, there are no correct or incorrect answers. Instead, this is an opportunity to view how you describe your own role-related activities in a group. What did you learn about yourself? How does your role in a group differ from those of other individuals?
- How Effective Is Your Work Group?
You could also use this questionnaire to compare groups to which you belong. If you were the leader of one of these groups, what would you do to make the group more effective? Why hasn’t this been done already?
Chapter 13
- What Are Your Bases of Power?
Referent power (add up items 1–3) Expert power (add up items 4–6) Legitimate power (add up items 7–9) Reward power (add up items 10–12) Coercive power (add up items 13–15) To interpret the scores, consider the following:
- A score of 3–6 points indicates a weak power base on a particular scale.
- A score of 7–11 points indicates a moderate power base on a particular scale.
- A score of 12–15 points indicates a strong power base on a particular scale.
On the basis of all of this, what does your power profile look like? Does this seem to be an accurate reflection of your actual situation? If you wished to change your power bases, which would you change? How would you try to change these bases?
- How Political Are You?
Chapter 14
- What Is Your Approach to Conflict Resolution?
Competition (add up items 1–3) Collaboration (add up items 3–6) Compromise (add up items 7–9) Avoidance (add up items 10–12) Accommodation (add up items 13–15) Compare the relative strengths of your preferences in each of the five conflict-resolution modes. The higher your score on any of the scales, the more you favor this mode of resolution. What pattern do you see in this analysis? How will this inform you in future negotiations?
Chapter 18
- How Stressful Is Your Job?
- If you scored 1–18 points, you see yourself as having a normal amount of stress.
- If you scored 19–38 points, you feel that stress is becoming a problem.
- If you scored 39–50 points, you feel that stress is a serious problem.
Where did you score on this instrument? Does this seem like an accurate description of the real situation? On the job you described, what could you do to reduce stress levels?
- Are You a Type A?
- Time urgency: Time urgency reflects one’s race against the clock, even on items when there is little reason to hurry. It is measured by the following items 1, 2, 8, 12, 14. For each A or B answer you gave on these questions, give yourself 1 point. Put the total number on the line on the left.
- Inappropriate aggression and hostility: This dimension reflects excessively competitive behavior and frequent displays of hostility. It is measured by items 3, 4, 9, and 10. For each A or B answer you gave on these questions, give yourself 1 point. Put the total number on the line on the left.
- Polyphasic behavior: This is the tendency to undertake several activities simultaneously at inappropriate times. As a result, individuals often end up wasting time instead of saving it, which leads to wasted energy. It is measured by items 6 and 11. For each A or B answer you gave on these questions, give yourself 1 point. Put the total number on the line on the left.
- Goal directedness without proper planning: This is the tendency to rush into work without knowing how to accomplish the desired result. Consequently, incomplete work or errors are likely to occur. It is measured by items 5 and 7. For each A or B answer you gave on these questions, give yourself 1 point. Put the total number on the line on the left.
Now add up your total score.
If you received a total of 5 or greater, you may possess some of the attributes of a Type A personality. How did you do? If you received a high score, what are some things that you can do to reduce your stress level?
- How Stable Is Your Life?
- If your total score is less than 150, this suggests that you should remain generally healthy during the next year.
- If your total score is 150 to 300, this suggests that there is a 50 percent chance that you will experience illness during the coming year.
- If your total score is over 300, this suggests that there is a 70 percent chance of impending illness during the coming year.
Remember that when evaluating your result, a high score does not automatically mean an illness is imminent. Rather, it means that statistically speaking an illness is more likely for you than for those with lower scores. Where did you score? Is this a reasonable description of your current situation? If so, what actions could you undertake to reduce your score?
- Are You Suffering from Burnout?