TY - JOUR AU - Belbin, R. Meredith AB - A reply to the Belbin Team-Role Self-perception Inventory by Furnham, Steele and Pendleton R. Meredith Belbin" Belbin Associates, The Biirleigh Brisiness Centre, 5 2 Biirleigh Street, Cambridge C B l 1 DJ, K U Furnham and his co-workers have examined the so-called Belbin Team Role Self Perception Inventory (BTRSPI) and, after using a method of completing the Inventory at variance with the recommended method, claim that 'the Inventory does not give confidence of having predictive and construct validity'. It should first be noted that the BTRSPI as self-standing psychometric test does not exist, by which one means that this office does not market it for the purpose assumed and never has. The Team Role Self Perception Inventory was included as an Appendix in a book describing a long period ofexperimental research into the effectiveness of management teams (Belbin, 1981). Psychometric tests were used in this research as predictors. But since the book was written primarily for the benefit of line managers the inclusion of a DoIt-Yourself inventory at the back of the book was considered a quick and useful wny of intimating to readers what their own team roles might be. Evidently that intention was met, for the TI - A reply to the Belbin Team‐Role Self‐Perception Inventory by Furnham, Steele and Pendleton JF - Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology DO - 10.1111/j.2044-8325.1993.tb00536.x DA - 1993-09-01 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/wiley/a-reply-to-the-belbin-team-role-self-perception-inventory-by-furnham-ElwwWuaz5B SP - 259 VL - 66 IS - 3 DP - DeepDyve ER -