Use this versatile Risk-Taking Assessment to identify attitudes towards taking risks that may impact the job or one’s career!  Before you invest time and money to train a new employee, test your applicants for:

• Conscientiousness
• Locus of Control

This test provides the answers you need to make an informed decision.

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The Risk-Taking Assessment is designed to determine a person’s level of comfort with risk-taking and how it could affect his or her career.

 

No. of questions: 54
Question type: Situational, Self-Report
Estimated completion time: 15 minutes
Recommended age level: 18+
Qualification Level: Class A
Compliance: APA standard,; EEOC standards (gender, age, disability)
Validation Information:
Sample Size: 7459
Cronbach’s Alpha: 0.89

APPLICATION:

• Pre-employment
• Training
• Accident Prevention Programs
• Employee Management

6 SCALES:

• Sensation-seeking
• Harm-avoidance
• Conscientiousness
• Locus of Control
• Comfort with Ambiguity
• Reward Orientation

 

Features

Benchmarks: Available (general population and 24 industries)
Interview Questions: Available
Group Comparisons: Available

Report Includes:

• Summary with Risk-Taking Style
• Introduction
• Graphs
• Detailed narrative interpretation
• Strengths & Limitations
• Advice

 

Advice Factors and Scales: Overall Score plus 6 scales:

• Sensation-seeking: Assesses the degree to which a person has a desire for novel and exciting experiences.
• Harm-avoidance: Extent to which a person steers clear of negative/harmful consequences.
• Conscientiousness: Assesses the degree to which a person is rule-abiding, careful, responsible, and less likely to take unwise and dangerous risks.
• Locus of Control: Assesses the degree to which a person believes he or she has control over what happens in his/her life.
• Comfort with Ambiguity: Assesses the degree to which a person is comfortable dealing with the uncertainty involved in risk-taking.
• Reward Orientation: Extent to which a person is more likely to take risks if there is a potential for payoff