{"id":627,"date":"2008-03-24T14:20:59","date_gmt":"2008-03-24T18:20:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/?p=627"},"modified":"2014-11-14T16:01:50","modified_gmt":"2014-11-14T21:01:50","slug":"do-what-you-love-love-what-you-do-new-tool-offers-ways-to-measure-work-preferences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/2008\/03\/do-what-you-love-love-what-you-do-new-tool-offers-ways-to-measure-work-preferences\/","title":{"rendered":"Do what you love, love what you do: New tool offers ways to measure work preferences."},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cWhistle while you work…\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\nG. Ronald Gilbert<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

So sing the merry dwarfs in the Walt Disney animated feature film <\/span>Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs<\/em> <\/span>as they go about doing their work. If only everyone could be this happy on the job.<\/p>\n

They can learn to be\u2014with the help of a new multidimensional work-related psychological tool, the Work Preference Indicator (WPI), developed by <\/span>G. Ronald Gilbert<\/strong>, clinical professor, Department of Management and International Business in the College of Business Administration.<\/p>\n

According to Gilbert, familiar psychological and work-interest assessment tools offer a one-dimensional view of a person\u2019s work-related passions and how they translate into academic and career success.<\/p>\n

He believes viewing multiple areas of personality in one psychological snapshot offers more valuable guidance. To that end, he has been working for nearly a decade creating and refining the WPI.<\/p>\n

Unique tool offers insights<\/em> <\/span>in both academic and professional contexts.<\/em><\/p>\n

The WPI works equally well in academic and business environments, helping students and employees pinpoint career- and work-related choices for which they are best suited. The tool sheds light on the degree to which one may find job fulfillment when working in teams, leading others, or being supervised by others. It also identifies one\u2019s preferred manner of learning and offers insights into work values and work-interest motivations.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe goal is to help people discover what they love to do,\u201d Gilbert said. \u201cTo venture a metaphor, the WPI is not intended to add a radically new color to the career developer\u2019s or academic counselor\u2019s professional palette. Because it is a multidimensional tool, it provides a unique mix of colors at one time through one instrument\u2014validly, reliably, and practically.\u201d<\/p>\n

WPI gains acceptance as a scientific career development tool.<\/em><\/p>\n

According to Gilbert, the WPI has been repeatedly validated. He integrates the WPI into orientation sessions for the college\u2019s Executive MBA and Professional MBA programs and in his professional development workshops. As WPI use expands to other countries, including Australia, the Dominican Republic, Hong Kong, Jamaica, and Malaysia, Gilbert and other faculty members gain cross-national research opportunities.<\/p>\n

He and two colleagues, including <\/span>Adriana G. McEachern<\/strong>, associate professor, School of Education, Florida International University, recently co-authored a paper about the WPI entitled \u201cMeasuring Work Preferences: A Multidimensional Tool to Enhance Career Self-Management,\u201d published in <\/span>Career Development International<\/em> <\/span>in January, 2008.
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\nAdditionally, in a study Gilbert conducted with <\/span>Clifford Perry<\/strong>, associate dean for the college\u2019s undergraduate programs and academic affairs, along with two department colleagues, <\/span>Meredith Burnett<\/strong>, assistant professor, and <\/span>Dana Farrow<\/strong>, professor, the WPI differentiated high and low performers among front-line production workers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cWhistle while you work…\u201d G. Ronald Gilbert So sing the merry dwarfs in the Walt Disney animated feature film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs as they go about doing their work. If only everyone could be this happy on the job. They can learn to be\u2014with the help of a new multidimensional work-related psychological […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":71,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[455,968,1861],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/627"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/71"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=627"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/627\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24177,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/627\/revisions\/24177"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}