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Personality Questionnaires

Work Styles Questionnaire (WSQ)

Overview:

The Work Styles Questionnaire (WSQ) has been specifically designed to help assess and develop the behaviours associated with successful job performance in the manufacturing and production area. For this reason the WSQ is hugely popular as a recruitment tool in the heavy industry, mining, transport and distribution sectors.

Suitable for:
The WSQ is suitable for use with non-managerial, technical and semi-skilled staff, particularly in manufacturing and production environments.

 


 

What does it measure?

The Work Styles Questionnaire is a normative questionnaire that provides insight into an individual's behavioural style against 18 personality dimensions which underpin job performance in the production, operative and manual work environments.

The work style dimensions are grouped into five areas: relationships with people, thinking styles, feelings, energies and compliance.

The time taken to complete the test is approximately 25 minutes (untimed).

Benefits

The WSQ is particularly useful for organisations seeking to achieve the following:

  • Identify best-fit applicants against job competencies
  • Improve interview hit rates when hiring
  • Identifying applicants who are more safety oriented, dependable and conscientious.

Language / norm availability

The Work Styles Questionnaire is available in more than 12 languages, in a variety of administration methods and with an extensive range of norms.

For the latest availability information please make a product enquiry with your local SHL office.