Organizations and practitioners
Use the WPS with candidates, employees, clients, teams or learners in recruitment, assessment and development centers, coaching, training and leadership development.
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A Workplace Personality Assessment for Organizations and Individuals
The WPS provides a structured picture of personality and likely workplace behavior for selection, coaching and development.
Individual customers
Explore your workplace preferences, likely strengths, potential pressure responses and development priorities through a personal feedback report.
Take the WPS — £25From personality to performance
What the WPS Can Help You Understand
Approach to work
Explore preferences related to energy, organization, achievement, initiative and adapting to change.
Working relationships
Consider communication, influence, cooperation, trust and the way someone is likely to relate to others.
Responses under pressure
Examine characteristics connected with composure, confidence, resilience and behaviors that may become less effective when overused.
What the WPS measures
Five Personality Factors and 20 Workplace Characteristics
The WPS is based on the Big Five model of personality. It reports four workplace characteristics within each factor and includes an impression-management indicator.
Bright Side characteristics
Characteristics that may support effective workplace performance, relationships and career development.
Dark Side characteristics
Characteristics that may become less effective when overused, under pressure or applied in the wrong situation.
Traits are not inherently good or bad. Their effectiveness depends on their strength, combination and relevance to the individual’s role and working environment.
Extraversion
- Warm
- Gregarious
- Assertive
- Energetic
Agreeableness
- Trusting
- Straightforward
- Considerate
- Modest
Openness to Change
- Imaginative
- Innovative
- Rule Breaking
- Adaptable
Conscientiousness
- Competent
- Organized
- Achieving
- Proactive
Emotional Stability
- Relaxed
- Contented
- Self-Assured
- Resilient
The feedback report
What You Receive in the WPS Report
The publication-quality report combines an accessible overview with detailed results and practical interpretation for participants and practitioners.
Explanation of the WPS and its scoring
Big Five personality-factor summaries
Profiles of all 20 workplace characteristics
Impression-management indicator
Likely competency implications
Development guidance and next steps
Evidence and technical quality
A Workplace-Focused Assessment with an Established Foundation
The WPS combines the Big Five model with workplace-focused scales, international comparison data and reporting designed to support practical interpretation.
Conceptual foundation
Five established personality factors translated into 20 characteristics relevant to workplace behavior.
Comparison group
Scores are interpreted against a very large international reference group using the Standard Ten scoring system.
Reliability
Internal-consistency evidence is documented in the WPS User Manual.
Validity
Construct and criterion-related validity evidence is provided alongside test development and normative information.
“The instrument has promise, including the capacity to facilitate discussion in work groups regarding personality dynamics.”Buros Center for Testing
Optional AI-assisted exploration
Explore WPS Findings More Deeply with AI
After receiving the report, participants and practitioners can use ChatGPT or another capable generative AI tool to explore the findings conversationally.
- Examine relationships between characteristics
- Consider how combinations may influence workplace behavior
- Relate findings to a role, goal or development need
- Prepare questions for coaching and feedback discussions
- Turn insights into practical development actions
The WPS report remains the primary source. AI does not score the questionnaire, conduct a new assessment or replace the participant’s experience, relevant context and professional judgment. Output should always be checked against the report.
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Choose the WPS Route That Fits Your Purpose
Organizations and practitioners
Purchase and manage WPS assessments for candidates, employees, clients, teams or learners through an organizational account.
Open an AccountRequest a free trial →Individual customers
Complete the WPS online, pay £25 after completing the questionnaire and receive your personal feedback report immediately.
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WPS Resources
Example Report
See the profile, interpretation, competency implications and development guidance.
View report →User Manual
Review the concept model, development, scoring, reliability, validity and norms.
View manual →Preparation Guide
Understand the purpose, areas measured and how to complete the questionnaire.
View guide →WPS Presentation
Watch a short introduction to the purpose and structure of the assessment.
View presentation →AI Analysis Guide
Explore feedback reports responsibly with ChatGPT and similar AI tools.
View guide →Ready to Use the Work Personality Survey?
Open an account to manage WPS assessments for others, or complete the questionnaire now and receive your personal report.
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