A contribution to the validation of the Q-TEST: an online questionnaire for the evaluation of potential in work contexts
Roberto Bolzani, Serena Communara, Alessia Marra, Davide Malaguti, Mariagrazia Benassi, Marco Giovanni Mariani
Although there is increased interest in the application of new technologies in practices for selecting personnel, in literature there is a lack of studies based on validated online questionnaires. In this view, this research aims to contribute to the analysis of the psychometric properties of the Q-TEST, an instrument based on ipsative items, which, starting from the evaluation of personality and attitudes, aims to analyse managerial potential. 401 (M=73%; manager=27%) people participated from 30 different work organisations. Analysis of dimensionality, to explore internal validity, showed encouraging results, indeed the extracted components reflected the objectives of the instrument. Differences among professional roles and different work contexts emerged from the analysis, demonstrating good discriminant properties of the instrument.
Keywords
potential evaluation; validity; online tests.
