What is the report

The Big 5 Factor is a broad-spectrum, work-based personality questionnaire that offers something quite different to other questionnaires. The first set of scales, based on the 'Big Five' model, measures durable personality traits. 

The Report is made up of the Big 5 Personality Factors:

• Fellowship
• Authority
• Conformity
• Emotion
• Detail

These scales represent social, organisational, intellectual, emotional and perceptual aspects of personality. Because they are largely independent of each other, they can be interpreted in combination to find particular meanings against patterns of scores.

A second set of scales (Minor) is also presented which is based on the Prudentius model of integrity. These are the aspects of personality that are likely to change according to context and time of life and provide a useful review of certain aspects of the persons current working practices.

The Minor scale covers:

• Proficiency - Care in detailed tasks vs trial and error
• Work-orientation - Belief in hard work vs work-life balance.
• Patience - Calm and patience vs competitive aggression.
• Fair-mindedness - Rational approach vs an emotional approach.
• Loyalty - Desire to follow vs a desire to lead.
• Disclosure - Being truly open vs “playing one’s cards close to one’s chest”.
• Initiative - Enjoyment of rapid change vs the valuing of tradition.