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TASK ORIENTATION AND INTERACTION ORIENTATION SCALES

TASK ORIENTATION AND INTERACTION ORIENTATION SCALES JOHN J. RAY University of New South Wales To most employers the desirability of task orientation in his employees would be hard to overstate. Selection of employees with high levels of task orientation is, therefore, a most relevant goal. The present paper is concerned to look a t some of the foundations upon which such selection might be built. Two major lines of work bearing on the measurement of task versus interaction orientation are by Bales (1958) and Bass (1967). The Bales work provides a system for scoring actual behaviour whereas Bass has constructed an ipsatively scored personality cum attitude inventory. The Bass inventory is known as “Ori” and provides in all, three choices-the third being “selforientation.” It is desired in this paper to question the validity of Bass’ measure and provide alternatives to it. I n his review of work with Ori, Bass (1967) concludes: “With a few interesting exceptions, in small groups and large organizations, the task-oriented person is upgraded by observers, peers and superiors. H e is more tolerant of deviant opinion, conflicting ideas and directive supervision, although he does better himself 88 a permissive supervisor. . . . The interaction-oriented person i downgraded generally. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Personnel Psychology Wiley

TASK ORIENTATION AND INTERACTION ORIENTATION SCALES

RAY, JOHN J.
Personnel Psychology , Volume 26 (1) – Mar 1, 1973
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Wiley
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Copyright © 1973 Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company
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0031-5826
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1744-6570
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10.1111/j.1744-6570.1973.tb01117.x
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JOHN J. RAY University of New South Wales To most employers the desirability of task orientation in his employees would be hard to overstate. Selection of employees with high levels of task orientation is, therefore, a most relevant goal. The present paper is concerned to look a t some of the foundations upon which such selection might be built. Two major lines of work bearing on the measurement of task versus interaction orientation are by Bales (1958) and Bass (1967). The Bales work provides a system for scoring actual behaviour whereas Bass has constructed an ipsatively scored personality cum attitude inventory. The Bass inventory is known as “Ori” and provides in all, three choices-the third being “selforientation.” It is desired in this paper to question the validity of Bass’ measure and provide alternatives to it. I n his review of work with Ori, Bass (1967) concludes: “With a few interesting exceptions, in small groups and large organizations, the task-oriented person is upgraded by observers, peers and superiors. H e is more tolerant of deviant opinion, conflicting ideas and directive supervision, although he does better himself 88 a permissive supervisor. . . . The interaction-oriented person i downgraded generally.

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Personnel Psychology – Wiley

Published: Mar 1, 1973

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