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Personality profile in "Big-Five" version
DEVELOPED BY FLORIN ALIN SAVA (coord.) - PsihoProiect

REPORT DRAFTED FOR Example Profile AGE: 22 GENDER: female OCCUPATION: not specified

QUESTIONNAIRE SUBMITTED UNDER LICENCE Psiholog: Ciopec Adela Oana Date: 29/09/2010
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REPORT STRUCTURE
This report has been generated to help you interpret the obtained personality profile as correctly as possible. It contains: - useful information for interpreting the report - answers to items and raw scores - the test validation degree - the DECAS profile - short psychological characterization - detailed psychological characterization (only for the standard and business type reports) - recommendations for the HR consultant (only for business type reports)

USEFUL INFORMATION FOR REPORT INTERPRETATION

The DECAS personality inventory is underlain by the Big-Five personality model, which represents the world's most expanded and scientifically validated theory. The five personality dimensions assessd through this instrument are: - DISPOSITION (OPENESS) to experience things identifies independent, creative persons having rich general education and striving for the debate of ideas and theories. At the lower end we find pragmatic and conformable persons, who prefer conservative, traditional values. - EXTRAVERSION typifies exuberant, sociable, energetic person, who easily make themselves conspicuous within a group. At the lower end there are quiet, shy and formal conduct persons, who take a passive and reserved stand. - CONSCIENTIOUSNESS is associated with disciplined persons evincing a high sense of duty and a strong need of professional fulfillment. At the lowerr end we find flexible persons, who tend to postpone tasks or to give up easily if they come up against problems. - AGREEABILNESS typifies tolerant, understanding persons, who display team spirit. At the lower end we find individualistic, persons, who are less confident in others, with a high competitive spirit and task-centred at the expense of human relationships. - Emotional STABILITY is associated with emotional maturity. These persons are calm, self-confident and cope with stress. At the lower end there are vulnerable and emotionally unstable individuals, who lose heart easily or grow angry easily in front of hindrances.

The obtained results are read through two types of standard scores: the T standard scores and percentiles. These are reckoned out by setting the evaluated person against a representative norm. Quantitatively speaking, the five dimensions may be read as following: - very low results (T scores between 20.00 and 34.99; percentiles between 1 and 7); - low results (T scores between 35.00 and 44.99; percentiles between 8 and 30); - medium results (T scores between 45.00 and 55.00; percentiles between 31 and 69); - high results (T scores between 56.01 and 65.99; percentiles between 70 and 93); - very high results (T scores between 66.00 and 80.00; percentiles between 94 and 99).

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ANSWERS TO ITEMS
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. F F T T F T F F T T 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. F F F F F F T T F T 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. F T F F T T T F F T 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. F T F T T T T T F F 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. F T F F F T T T T T 51. 52. 53. 54. 55. 56. 57. 58. 59. 60. T T T T F T F T F T 61. 62. 63. 64. 65. 66. 67. 68. 69. 70. T T F F T F T F T F 71. 72. 73. 74. 75. 76. 77. 78. 79. 80. T F T T T T T T F T 81. 82. 83. 84. 85. 86. 87. 88. 89. 90. T T F T F F T F T F 91. 92. 93. 94. 95. F T F F T

96. F 97. T

RAW SCORES
D: 13 E: 12 C: 19 A: 11 S: 15 SD: 18 RD: 5 AP: 52

DEGREE OF CONFIDENCE IN THE TEST RESULTS

Socal desirability (SD): Random answers (RD): Endorsement (AP): The answers have not been distorted. (T=56.70 Percentil=75.00) The answers have not been distorted. (T=45.30 Percentil=32.00) The answers have not been distorted. (T=51.70 Percentil=57.00)

DECAS PROFILE

Accomplished scoring based on the norm: GENERAL - WOMEN (BETWEEN 16 AND 25)
talkative, active, domineering organized, meticulous, ambitious understanding, compliant, cooperative calm, confident, laid-back

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creative, imaginative, progressive

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pragmatic, limited, conservative

quiet, passive, shy

confused, disorderly, inconsistent

selfish, harsh, competitive

unstable, tense, vulnerable

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SHORT PSYCHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISATION
Disposition to experience / Openness to experience (D) T = 64.00 Percentil = 92.00
Advantages Developed practical sense, oriented towards action implementation; he / she shows respect for tradition; he / she does enduring routine work. Risks Difficulties in adapting to changes, limited interests; excessively conformist regarding the authorities. Advantages Creative, endowed with artistic sense and/or sundry intellectual interests; open to change, tolerant and future-oriented Risks Non-conformist, dreamy, with rich imagination; he / she lacks practical sense and does not go beyond the stage of ideas.

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Extroversion (E) T = 51.00 Percentil = 54.00

Advantages Quiet, he / she prefers intimacy over large gatherings; he / she acts independently; reflexive and endures boredom. Risks Standing aloof from the others he/ she cannot enjoy life; he / she shies away from leadership roles. Advantages Enthusiast, active and optimistic, he / she is a good mixer regarding social contacts and is close to people; he / she can be easily picked out from the group. Risks Glib-tongued, domineering and bossy leanings; he / she gets bored quickly.

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Conscientiousness (C) T = 80.00 Percentil = 100.00

Advantages High flexibility, tolerance regarding unstructured tasks; spontaneity; casual in conduct and with adventure spirit. Risks He / she does not capitalise on his / her potential; he / she may break rules or disregard responsibility and has self-discipline problems. Advantages Organised and ambitious, with high standards; meticulous and tenacious before hindrances; reliable; cautious when making decisions. Risks He / she winds down with difficulty, may neglect personal life, stiff, he / she lacks spontaneity and flexibility.

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Agreeableness (A) T = 55.50 Percentil = 71.00

Advantages Competitive spirit, independent in thinking; a fighter who likes coming out to the front. Advantages He / she prefers harmony over competition; modest, sincere, generous; he/ she evinces team spirit.

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Risks Cynical and distrustful in front of others, arrogant and selfish, excessively task-oriented at the expense of his / her relationship, he / she clashes with others quickly.

Risks Naive and gullible, he / she finds it difficult to stand up for his/ her viewpoint and often gives up to others.

Emotional stability (S) T = 64.70 Percentil = 93.00

Advantages Sensitive and mindful of other; needs, he/ she will show his/ her humane nature; with foresight Advantages Calm, laid-back, highly self-confident; he / she will cope with stress and will entertain realistic expectations

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Risks Stressed-out, easily affected by the problems that come up; he / she will feel helpless and fearful entertaining unrealistic, overweening expectations.

Risks Indifferent and tactless regarding the others, insensitive to others; needs, he / she will underrate the upcoming problems.

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TEST READING BASED ON COMBINING TRAITS
As a result of combining the five personality traits one can sort out relevant formation on the evaluated person personality. The set out information covers wide sections of human existence such as:

A. General aspects Orientation in life (D & E) Orientation in society (D & A) B. Emotional aspects and aspects on interrelation with others Interaction with people (E & A) Dominant emotions (E & S) Reaction in conflictual circumstances (A & S) Reaction in stress circumstances (A & D) C. Aspects related to work style Cognitive style (C & D) Attitude towards work (C & S) Mode of task commitment (C & E) Character type (C & A)

USEFUL INFORMATION A person's test result is signalled through a small yellow circle (in the coloured printed version) or through a white circle (in the black and white printed version). For each factor combination we set out fur characterizations and provide a three descriptive adjective set. The submitted descriptions do not have absolute truth value, rather they have a probabilistical validity. They set out an evaluated person's preferred (usual) behaviour. This does not rule out the possibility that under certain circumstances the person in question can behave in another way than the the typical one of his personality profile. The most relevant decriptions of a certain person are those closer to the person's result signalled through the yellow (white) circle. The farther away from the drawing centre this circle lies along a diagonal direction against the two axes, the more typical the description is of the evaluated person. If the result lies far away from the image centre, but close to one of the axes, there is a possibility that both descriptions lying on both sides of the respective axis are true. If the result lies at the centre of the image, this means that the tested person does not have a clearly outlined style for any of the four descriptions. In this case there is an approximately equal probability for one to adopt any of the reactions set out in the four quadrants.

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ORIENTATION IN LIFE
Extroversion T = 51.00 Percentil = 54.00 Disposition to experience / Openness to experience T = 64.00 Percentil = 92.00

The pragmatic type He / she prefers group activities which should implement solutions accepted and valued by society. He sows interest for all that is fashionable. He / she makes efforts not to lag behind and to climb up the social ladder.
Person of action

E+
He / she gets involved in social activities 80 Spontaneous

The experimenter type In what he / she does prefers innovative approaches. He / she is in search of novel sensations and experience I which he / she passionately gets involved, but of which he / she quickly gets bored. He / she easily stands out and prefers circumstances that make him / her the centre of attention.

Pragmatic

Casual

Shallow

Inventive

He / she prefers conventional approaches 20

D-

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80 He / she prefers innovative approaches

D+

Conventional

Analytical

Sober

Profound

Lonely

Bohemian 20 He / she goes in for solitary activities

The household type He / she prefers practical, concrete activities carried out on one's own or in a family context at the expense of extravagant social reunions or cultural pursuits. Changes and risk taking are shunned as stability is preferred.

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The philosopher type He / she sems interested in ideas and emotions ore than in people. He / she prefers solitary activities such as writing or the art of photography. He / she has rich imagination, but which often remains mere phantasy.

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ORIENTATION IN SOCIETY
Agreeableness T = 55.50 Percentil = 71.00 Disposition to experience / Openness to experience T = 64.00 Percentil = 92.00

The traditional type He / se is sensitive to the traditional society values such as the famly or church. He / she is often of the opinion that observing the traditions and moral values without casting doubt on them is beneficial and even necessary for one to have a healthy society. Compassionate

A+
Gentle, close 80 Understanding

The progressive type He / she is an open-minded idealist, who shows trust in the favourable society evolution an in the positive side of human nature. He believes that education contributes significantly to the devepment of society. He / she is tolerant and in his / her turn encourages any form of tolerance and opinion diversity.

Obedient

Romantic

Religious

Tolerant

DConservative 20 50

D+
80 Progressive

Biased

Rational

Vengeful

Dissolute

Unsympathetic

Demanding 20 Tough, distant

The fundamentalist type He / she sets out in his / her judgement from many preconceived ideas for which he / she passionately stands up and which he finds hard to give up no matter what the submitted proof may be.

A-

The sophist type He / she can moot any issue critically grasping the existing advantage and the disadvantage without emotional involvement. He / she prefers to hold a different opinion from his / her peers and to adduce winning rational counterarguments even at the expense of disregarding the peers' sensitivity irked by this attitude.

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INTERACTION WITH PEOPLE

Extroversion T = 51.00 Percentil = 54.00 Agreeableness T = 55.50 Percentil = 71.00

The authoritarian type He / she prefers giving orders to following them. He / she often takes up confrontational stances when the others contest his / her decision. He / she may choose bold solutions and if successful he / she tends to take credit for it.
Tough

E+
Active, he / she takes initiative 80 Sociable

The popular type They prefer the others' company striking up new acquaintances and making friends. They often become group leaders being appreciated by the peers because they know how make the others like them. They set greater store by relations and friendship than by tasks.

Strict

Generous

Petulant

Friendly

Centred on his / her own 20 needs

A-

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80 Oriented towards the others' needs

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Distrustful

Obedient

Sullen

Lenient

Reserved

Soft 20 Passive, waiting for the others' initiatives

The competitor type He / she chooses to stand aloof from the others, rarely taking the initiative of contacting them, even his dear ones. He chooses to work on his own and in his interactions with the co-workers he prefers respect to friendship and task-centredness to relationship-centredness.

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The understanding type He / she prefers to do what he / she is told without baulking. He / she often gives in, which may allow the others to try and profit by his 'kindness'. Being a tranquil nature he / she hardly ever clashes openly with the others.

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DOMINANT EMOTIONS
Emotional stability T = 64.70 Percentil = 93.00 Extroversion T = 51.00 Percentil = 54.00

The phlegmatic type He / she display an attitude of indifference. He / she is little affected by negative events, but is not able to relish positive things either. When interacting personally with the others he comes on as cold and reserved bringing along the rational side and not the emotional side into any Impassible relationship.

S+
Self-possessed, calm 80 Merry

The optimistic type Future-oriented he / she belongs to the category of life relishers, who know how to enjoy positive events without allowing the negative events to get to them. He / she cannot sulk for long as people want to hang around him / her on account of his / her displayed mirth and optimism.

Calm

Optimistic

Indifferent

Amusing

EPassive, reserved 20 50

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80 Energetic, exuberant

Sobre

Enthusiastic

Pessimistic

Noisy

Sad

Impatient 20 Wavering, tense

The melancholic type He / she falls under the category of people that see the glass half-empty almost always focusing o the problems and much more rarely on the opportunities. He / she gets little involved in the relationship with the others. He / she often feels sadness lacking stamina and the joy of life.

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The actor type He / she gets excessively involved in his/ her own emotional experience and in his / her relationhip to the others shuttling easily between positive and negative feelings. His / her interaction with the others is stormy and flustering because of the intense emotional experience. He / she is eager to draw attention, to live out strong sensations and has difficulty in containing his / her impulses.

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REACTION IN CONFLICTUAL EVENTS

Emotional stability T = 64.70 Percentil = 93.00 Agreeableness T = 55.50 Percentil = 71.00

The executor type He / she is a rational, coled-blooded person, who does not act on the spur of the moment, but contains his / her fury or frustration. When interacting with others, he / she can resort to any means, including manipulation or underhand ways in order to reach his / her goals. With a lot of nerve

S+
Self-possessed, calm 80 Relaxed

The tranquil type He / she gets angry very seldom, and when he / she does it, he / she can easily get over anger or frustration. Being easy-going he / she prefers not to take all the trouble caused by the others to heart and to seek consensus in cases of conflict.

Insensitive

Sensitive

Logical

Serene

Centred on the own 20 needs

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80 Oriented towards others' needs

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Cynical

Sentimental

Critical

Compassionate

Envious

Shy 20 Wavering, tense

The touchy type He / she flies easily off the handle construing the others' actions as ill-meant. In the case of self-restrained people tension builds gradually up into later sudden intense outbursts. In the case of open people dissatisfaction is often uttered through choleric or even aggressive reactions.

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The sensitive type He / she seldom gets angry when in conflict. On the contrary he / she is driven by the wish to help others and not to hurt them being easily impressed by their dramas. When confronted with problems he / she tends to blame and punish himself / herself looking for an emotional support from the others.

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REACTION IN STRESSFUL EVENTS

Emotional stability T = 64.70 Percentil = 93.00 Disposition to experience / Openness to experience T = 64.00 Percentil = 92.00

The compliant type He / she remains at the mercy of fate preferring to get used to and accept the emerging problem rather than trying to alter the facts. His / her premise is that the stress source cannot be eliminated. In order to relieve emotional distress he / she tends to belittle the problem seriousness at the perceptive level.

S+
Self-possessed, calm 80 Stable Intelligent

The rationalising type In order to eliminate th source of stress he / she analyses the situation objectively and comes up with original solutions to overcome the emerging problem. If this is not possible he readjusts his outlook resorting to humour or finding secondary benefits for the given situation.

Impassible

Open to novelty

Unsophisticated

Educated

Realistic, pragmatic 20

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Narrow interests

Bohemian

Contemptuous

Sensitive

Reserved

Unstable 20 Wavering, tense

The evasive type In order to ease off tension built off stressing circumstances he / she will often shirk and drive away negative thoughts as way of coping with stress. Another way of reacting is the tendency to underrate and ignore the emerging problems. Thus the evasive type comes in contact with his / her emotions to a lesser extent.

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The fanciful type He / she prefers isolation and chooses to scape fro the real world into a phantasy world in which the things would have gone differently and in which some excentric solutions would have been possible. He / she shows lots of sensitivity and gives full vent to his / her imagination overinterpreting the others' deeds and actions.

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COGNITIVE STYLE
Conscientiousness T = 80.00 Percentil = 100.00 Disposition to experience / Openness to experience T = 64.00 Percentil = 92.00

The conformist type When solving job tasks he / she prefers a methodical approach, which follows the assigned work methodology without fail. However he / she comes up against difficulties when the problem is less structured or when there is no clear solution being fearful of ambiguous circumstances.

C+
Organised, serious 80 Rational Profound

The analyzing type He / she puts his / her personal touch on the assignd jobs by reshuffling the received materil in a logical and persuasive manner. Having a self-fulfilment motivation and shooting high, the analyzing type best achieves in independent work circumstances characterized by clear objectives and work procedures.

Traditional

Analytical

Stiff

Educated

Realistic, pragmatic 20

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80 Idealistic, imaginative

D+

Narrow interests

Erudite

Rash

Excentrical

Superficial

Dreaming 20 Disorderly, absent-minded

The refractory type He / she prefers simple tsks, which presuppose traditional means of solving problems. He / she does not like putting in intellectual effort choosing action over analysis. He / she baulks at learning new things settling for the application of what he / she already knows. He / she is often disorderly and asks for deadline extensions.

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The designer type He / she capitalizes on his / her creativity and intuition spawning mny ideas and projects being interested in all that is new. However, he has difficulties in implementing his proposals as the latest ones remain mere projects being abandoned in favour of new ones.

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ATTITUDE TOWARDS WORK

Emotional stability T = 64.70 Percentil = 93.00 Conscientiousness T = 80.00 Percentil = 100.00

The laid-back type He / she often needs outward incentives in order to be motivated. He / she displays flexibility in action doing a better job in new circumstances than in a stable, well-structured environment with clear rules. Although he / she is less scrupulous about the jobs he / she Intelligent carries out, he / she seems satisfied with the quality of the job done.

S+
Self-possessed, calm 80 Determined

The persevering type He / she is ambitious about following his / her goals. He / she hardly gives up in front of the obstacles even if the deployed effort is bigger than the benefit. He / she will defer meting out rewards until the agreed on pln has been carried through. He / she goes by the principle keep on walking straight ahead no matter what' showing little flexibility.

Carefree

Responsible

Daring

Competitive

Disorderly, 20 mused

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80 Organised, serious

C+

Confused

Apprehensive

Impulsive

Obsessed

Laisser faire

Helpless 20 Wavering, tense

The impulsive type He / she contains his / her impulsiveness with difficulty find it hard to resist any temptations. As a consequence thereof he / she does many things he / she alter regrets. He / she tends to go down easy paths giving very quickly up if he / she comes upon hindrances. He / she indulges in the present moment acting on his / her feelings of the moment.

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The fretful type He / she denies himself / herself being oriented towards meeting others' needs rather than fulfilling his / her own wishes. He / she strives for perfection and goes by hard to reach standards. He / she is often dissatisfied and tries to relieve this conviction by sticking to staunch rules of the type: one must...'

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THE MODE OF TASK COMMITMENT

Extroversion T = 51.00 Percentil = 54.00 Conscientiousness T = 80.00 Percentil = 100.00

The entertainment-lover type He / she finds it hard to channel his / her energy in a clear direction, thus wasting his /her energy. He / she is spontaneous and loves entertainment being more efficient in jobs that involve unstructured social interactions than in solitary, high accuracy, low autonomy-level activities.

E+
Energetic, exuberant 80 Daring Competitive

The initiator type He / she has an entreneurship mettle. He / she knows exactly what to do setting up a programme which he / she implements. In pressure circumstances he / she tends to push things and to impose his / her style to the others. He / she sees the cropped up snags as challenges which, once overcome, will lead up to the choice of new, more difficult tasks.

Informal

Knwoledgeble

Amusing

Determined

Disorderly, 20 reserved

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C+

Careless

Stiff

Helpless

Conventional

Self-indulgent

Cautious 20 Passive, reserved

The passive type He / she very seldom takes initiatives and musters energy with difficulty to meet deadlines often working at the last moment. He / she becomes enthusiastic for hardly anything and displays a passive, indifferent attitude. Within team work he / she seldom contributes interventions and often lags behind with the jobs to be done.

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The cautious type He / she works at his / her own slower pace. If he / she is not in a hurry, he / she will not have difficulties in meeting the imposed deadlines so long as these are known in due course and are not altered arbitrarily. On the other hand, if changes occur, he / she will adapt to the newly framed context with difficulty.

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CHARACTER TYPE
Conscientiousness T = 80.00 Percentil = 100.00 Agreeableness T = 55.50 Percentil = 71.00

The career making type Due to self-centredness and organization he / she comes on as a task-oriented, career-oriented and personal success-oriented person. If his / her own interests overlap with the group's interests to which she belongs, then he / she can be high achiever. If not, he / she will place his / her own interests above the group's interests.

C+
Organised, serious 80 Stiff Responsble

The loyal type He / she is a reliable person, always ready to give a helping hand to those asking for it. He / she musters self-discipline and effort being a good team co-worker. He / she will volunteer for activities without asking for any personal benefit in return for them.

Exacting

Ready to give a helping hand

Stern

Modest

Centred on his / her 20 own needs

A-

50

80 Centred on the others' needs

A+

Rebellious

Sensitive

Lazy

Lenient

Negligent

Delicate 20 Disorganised, absent-minded

The comfortable type He / she is difficult to rely on, being hard to motivate to set about an action. Even when he / she sets about doing the job he / she may give up easily if something does not suit him / her. Being centred on his / her comfort he is less interested in others. He / she may flaunt the existing rules if this brings him along some additional benefits.

C-

The receptive type He / she is driven by good intentions wanting to get involved and help the others but because of the lack of organisation and structure, he / she will often fail to live up to his promises in their entirety. He / she needs to be shielded by the others and needs to entertain relationships grounded in trust and common-sense.

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INTERPRETATION GROUNDED IN PROFESSIONAL CAPABILITIES EVALUATION
This section is based on two information sources: (a) the empirical results obtained after the DECAS test was submitted to an organisational environment; (b) the correlation between the personalit traits and several professional capabilities as it is set out in the special field bibliography especially through the stance expressed by Howard and Howard (2001). * Howard, P.J., Howard, J.M. (2001). The Owner's Manual for Personality at Work. Austin, AT: Bard Press. The monitored professional capabilities refer to a set of non-cognitive qualities that have an impact on the person's ability to adapt to certain environment requirements and pressures. The list of the 16 monitored capabilities and a brief description thereof follow below:

Capability
Leadership

Description
He / she takes on the leadership role; he / she likes taking on responsibility that envisage big changes; good at taking decisions and at drawing his team near to his view. Please do not mix it up with the management issue which especially envisages one's capacity of solving problems efficiently. He / she is capable of working efficiently under stress and pressure; he / she answers with calmness and has conflictual and other difficult matters under control. He / she holds a realistic, objective perspective regarding the matters; he / she likes coming up abreast the problems and overcoming them instead of steering clear of them. He / she is quality-oriented, maintains high standards and efficiently monitors achievements; because of his / her analytical nature, he / she identifies improvement areas of the present state of things. He / she brings out the best in others, rewards them objectively and consistently those who deserve it and shows that he cares about the others. He / she is ambitious and interested in professional development; likes learning new things and is dedicated and passionate about he / she does. He / she entertains favourable relationships with the other people, cooperates easily and evinces flair in the relationships with the others. He / she keeps information confidential, wins credibility in front of the others by stability, loyalty and consistency in action. He / she is not tempted to engage in backstairs affairs in order to reach his / her goals. Do not mix it up with one's leaning towards breaking the law. Keen on details, he / she tends to avoid committing mistakes, keeps documents in an orderly manner and copes with routine jobs successfully. He / she works well under stress and uncertainty, the wish for success makes him / her tick, he / she is ready to take on new risks and is in search of new action areas. He / she can resist temptation, is not impulsive, follows the schedule and the received indications, complies with the bosses' decisions and evinces a high regard for laws and rules. He / she is capable of offering new solutions is willing to change priorities if necessary, can play different roles and fill sundry positions and easily adapts to changes. He / she places the groups' needs, to which he / she belongs, above his / her own ones and sincerely enjoys the fact that he is a part of the team and shows availability regarding the others' needs. He / she acquits himself well of the tasks which involve work on one's own, does not need the others' supervision, he gets by on his own as he does not need anyone assigning tasks to him. He / she is oriented towards interacting with the others, towards the group process and less towards results. He / she is forthcoming about the others' needs, shows selflessness and high availability to offer selfless help to the others. Rational and prudent he / she is keen on quality standards and profit maximization; if necessary he / she will go to extremes to reach the sought-after result.

Stress management Problem solving Critical thinking Motivating others Motivation for self-development Interpersonal skills Integrity

Perseverance in routine jobs Entrepreneurship Discipline and rule observance Flexibility and innovative spirit Team work Independence in one's job Orientation towards human relationships Result-orientedness

A BRIEF INTERPRETATION GUIDE Three development levels have been set up for each capability: - Development area (between 0% and 40%) - Efficient working (between 40.1% and 70.0%) - Advanced qualities (between 70.1% and 100%) The capabilities ranging within the interval devoted to the development area may be improved by coaching and sustained effort of personal development. The capabilities ranging within the efficient working area point out to an optimal development level of these, but without an excellence level in the direction concerning the tested capability. The capabilities ranging within the interval of advanced qualities stand for the strong points of the evaluated person.

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THE DEVELOPMENT DEGREE OF PROFESSONAL CAPABILITIES
Name of the evaluated person: Example Profile Age: 22

0 Leadership (Rank 9) 0 Stress management (Rank 4) 0 Problem solving (Rank 14) 0 Critical thinking (Rank 6) 0 Motivating others (Rank 7) 0 Motivation for self-development (Rank 2) 0 Interpersonal skills (Rank 8) 0 Integrity (Rank 1) 0 Perseverance in routine jobs (Rank 11) 0 Entrepreneurship (Rank 10) 0 Discipline and rule observance (Rank 4) 0 Flexibility and innovative spirit (Rank 15) 0 Team work (Rank 13) 0 Independence in ones job (Rank 4) 0 Orientation towards human relationships (Rank 16) 0 Result-orientedness (Rank 12)

Development area

40

Efficient working

70

Advanced qualities

100

58.33%
Development area

40

Efficient working

70

Advanced qualities

100

66.67%
Development area

40

Efficient working

70

Advanced qualities

100

50%
Development area

40

Efficient working

70

Advanced qualities

100

64.1%
Development area

40

Efficient working

70

Advanced qualities

100

61.11%
Development area

40

Efficient working

70 75%

Advanced qualities

100

Development area

40

Efficient working

70

Advanced qualities

100

58.97%
Development area

40

Efficient working

70

Advanced qualities

100

78.79%
Development area

40

Efficient working

70

Advanced qualities

100

55.56%
Development area

40

Efficient working

70

Advanced qualities

100

56.41%
Development area

40

Efficient working

70

Advanced qualities

100

66.67%
Development area

40 45.45%

Efficient working

70

Advanced qualities

100

Development area

40

Efficient working

70

Advanced qualities

100

51.52%
Development area

40

Efficient working

70

Advanced qualities

100

66.67%
Development area

40 42.42%

Efficient working

70

Advanced qualities

100

Development area

40

Efficient working

70

Advanced qualities

100

54.55%

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JOB-COMPATIBILITY INDEX
This section is based on the overlapping degree of the personality profile of the evaluated person with the ideal profile of the candidate for the respective position.The ideal profile is sorted out by analyzing work and setting out from the determination of the relevance degree of the 16 non-cognitive capabilities gauged by DECAS for the position under focus (job specifications). One sets out from the premise that a high degree of overlapping (coincidence) between the two profiles betokens high compatibility regarding the position in question. Name of the evaluated person: Example Profile Age: 22 The sought-after position: Consultant financiar

Compatibility levels

Extremely low

20

Very low

30

Low

40

Medium

60

High

70

Very high

80

Extremely high

100

65.66%

Highly relevant (essential) capabilities: - Interpersonal skills - Perseverance in routine jobs - Orientation towards human relationships

Very relevant (important) capabilities: - Problem solving - Motivating others - Integrity - Discipline and rule observance - Team work

Average relevance (useful) capabilities: - Stress management - Motivation for self-development - Entrepreneurship - Flexibility and innovative spirit - Independence in ones job - Result-orientedness

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OVERVIEW
Name of the evaluated person: Example Profile Age: 22

Short description
They thrive on complex tasks that need very good analyzing skills. He / she behaves in a genuine, open way, lacking conflicts with the others. He / she are independent and action-autonomous, being a person needing a high degree of freedom of decision. He / she stands out through his / her being accountable as he / she is a trustworthy person able to extend help to those who need it. He / she stands out as a high perseverance level person willing to put in an intense effort and lots of work. He / she has a very good psychological state feeling comfortable both regarding himself herself and the fellow beings.

Most probably the others perceive him / her as a ... person

profound, analytical, with rich general education tolerant, idealistic, understanding, empathetic intelligent, educated, being in control of the action; loyal, accountable (responsible), honest ambitious, persevering, goal oriented laid-back, stable, without worries and internal problems

In professional activities he / she can contribute especially through

his / her analytical spirit and attention paid to details; his / her pursuit for self-improvement and self-teaching style; his / her commitment to and passion for work; he / she encourages others to look at things from multiple angles; he / she musters patience and shows understanding for the others problems; he / she has a democratic way of asking for others opinions; he / she is compromise- and consensus-oriented as ways of negotiating at the expense of confrontation; his / her independent work style needing no constant supervision; his / her proved efficiency when he / she tackles unstructured tasks, for which there is no pre-etablished work procedure; the interest and confidence shown during the solving of cmplex challenging problems, which do not guarantee success; the setting of personal targets and the working out of a career development strategy which will help him / her not to waste his resources in sectors which do not represent a priority for him / her; the availability to help the others and to volunteer for tasks that do not fall under the job description category; the importance granted to the fulfillment of assumed obligations and of the formulated promises; taking responsibility for the action and obtained results; focus on the task without disregarding the others needs; task-perseverance as he / she is a fighter, who does not give up in front of hindrances; his / her capacity of postponing immediate rewards for more important goals to be carried out on a long term basis; the logical, orderly way of thinking and the tendency to increase work efficiency and labour productivity; his / her injunctive, pragmatic work style focusing on planning and reaching the set goals; the tendency to value and reward ambition, determinedness and achievements obtained by other people; high stress-resistance, high resistance to working under pressure; ability to tackle possible emerging conflicts calmly; ability to make psychological comfort rub off on the work team; ability to solve conflicts peacefully and to think about problems positively.

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In order to make his / her work more efficient he / she needs to:
he / she should be able to tell important from unimportant aspects to avoid wasting time over insignificant aspects; he / she should learn how to stand aloof and delegate tasks to his peers; he / she should give up his habit of complicating things and splitting hairs; he / she should acknowledge the importance of structures and work procedures; he / she should carefully study the real world in order to have his / her idealism level reduced when tackling the tasks to carry out; he / she should understand that corrective feedback can be as effective as praise; he / she hould realize that sometimes a firm approach can be useful in making others meet the deadlines and / or reach their targets; he / she should drop the impression that he / she knows everything and should ask for feedback more often from the others for the job done; he / she should bestow more importance on the organization goals against his / her own ones; he / she should pay more attention to his / her habit of underestimating the opponents of the emerging problem; he / she should avoid the temptation of taking on too many tasks and duties; he / she should realize that aloofness regarding the problem may sometimes be useful leading to new original solutions; he / she should develop flexibility, interpersonal tact and availability to listen to other opnions diverging from the personal ones; he / she should pay as much attention during his / her feedback to the things working going well as to the things that do not go well; he / she should display higher tolerance to the unconventional methods and procedures; he / she should react faster if it is necessary not to allow the problem get more serious; he / she should learn the fact that for certain people permissiveness does not lead to efficiency; on the contrary, if you apply a little pressure, this may lead to their increased job efficiency.

Socially speaking, he / she can be disturbed by the persons who

who are less committed to task solving coming across as rather unmotivated; who work superficially rushing to action right away without analyzing the given case; who see the things in a simplistic way by displaying a back-and-white type of thinking, without nuances; who show indifference or an excessively critical attitude regarding the achievements of others; who prefer the formal, bureaucratic, result-based approach at the expense of the principled approach and of the one grounded in the human interaction; who display a passive attitude towards work waiting to be told what to do; who tend to check on the carried out activity and to impose rules meant to shrink the action autonomy; who show indifference and / non-commital attitude towards the activities carried out; who focus exceedingly on the self choosing other solutions than those agreed on; who give up easily or those on whom you cannot rely are disorganized and impredictible; who focus too much on problems and shortcomings instead of focusing on solutions; who prefer to not take responsibilities or to not defend theirs view on a particular matter who always focus on the negative aspects of a problem; who repeatedly make exceptions to the set rules and procedures;

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