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212 MEASUREMENT: SCALING, RELIABILITY, VALIDITY

IV. Career Salience
Strongly Slightly Slightly Strongly
Disagree Disagree Disagree Neutral Agree Agree Agree
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
1. My career choice is a good occupational decision for me. ___
2. My career enables me to make significant contributions to society. ___
3. The career I am in fits me and reflects my personality. ___
4. My education and training are not tailored for this career. ___
5. I don’t intend changing careers.
6. All the planning and thought I gave for pursuing this career are a waste. ___
7. My career is an integral part of my life. ___
Source: U. Sekaran. (1986) Dual-Career Families: Contemporary Organizational and Counseling
Issues. San Francisco: Jossey Bass. Reproduced with permission.

V. Least Preferred Coworker Scale (to assess whether employees
are primarily people-oriented or task-oriented)
Look at the words at both ends of the line before you put in your ‘‘X.” Please remember that
there are no right or wrong answers. Work rapidly; your first answer is likely to be the best.
Please do not omit any items, and mark each item only once.
LPC
Think of the person with whom you can work least well. He may be someone you work with
now, or he may be someone you knew in the past.
He does not have to be the person you like least well, but should be the person with whom
you had the most difficulty in getting a job done. Describe this person as he appears to you.
Pleasant :__:__:__:__:__:__:__:__: Unpleasant
87 6 5 4 3 2 1
Friendly :__:__:__:__:__:__:__:__: Unfriendly
87 6 5 4 3 2 1
Rejecting :__:__:__:__:__:__:__:__: Accepting
87 6 5 4 3 2 1
Helpful :__:__:__:__:__:__:__:__: Frustrating
87 6 5 4 3 2 1
Unenthusiastic :__:__:__:__:__:__:__:__: Enthusiastic
87 6 5 4 3 2 1
Tense :__:__:__:__:__:__:__:__: Relaxed
12 3 4 5 6 7 8
Distant :__:__:__:__:__:__:__:__: Close
12 3 4 5 6 7 8
Cold :__:__:__:__:__:__:__:__: Warm
12 3 4 5 6 7 8
Cooperative :__:__:__:__:__:__:__:__: Uncooperative
87 6 5 4 3 2 1
Supportive :__:__:__:__:__:__:__:__: Hostile
87 6 5 4 3 2 1
Boring :__:__:__:__:__:__:__:__: Interesting
12 3 4 5 6 7 8
Quarrelsome :__:__:__:__:__:__:__:__: Harmonious
12 3 4 5 6 7 8
Self-assured :__:__:__:__:__:__:__:__: Hesitant
87 6 5 4 3 2 1
Efficient :__:__:__:__:__:__:__:__: Inefficient
87 6 5 4 3 2 1
Gloomy :__:__:__:__:__:__:__:__: Cheerful
87 6 5 4 3 2 1
Open :__:__:__:__:__:__:__:__: Guarded
87 6 5 4 3 2 1
Source: Fred E. Fiedler. (1967). A Theory of Leadership Effectiveness. New York: McGraw-Hill. Reproduced
with permission.