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How to Read a Vendor’s Science

Every assessment says it’s research-based. Four questions show you whether it is.

1. Do they publish or cite public research?

Serious tools point you to peer-reviewed studies you can read and check yourself. If a vendor can’t name one, or keeps its data private, treat every claim it makes as unverified.

2. Who ran the studies?

Vendor studies are real data, but the vendor picked the questions and the clients. Independent, peer-reviewed work carries more weight.

3. Do people get the same result twice?

If a large share of people land on a different result a few weeks later, the label isn’t telling you much.

4. Is “it feels accurate” the main evidence?

Almost any flattering profile feels accurate. Face validity is where research starts, not where it ends.

Where Motivational Drivers stands

Independent research. Published. Peer-reviewed.

Motivational Drivers is an assessment. Its seven drivers are organized around the intrinsic motivational domains confirmed in independent, peer-reviewed research (DellaVecchio & Winston, 2015).

  • Seven distinct domains confirmed in a sample of 4,177 people.
  • Outcome studies with police officers, nurses, Air Force personnel, professors, and entrepreneurs.
  • Profiles tracked with job satisfaction and person-job fit.

Every source is public and listed below. Read it yourself.

Next: doctoral research testing the Romans 12 drivers against the Big Five in healthcare leaders.

Sources

DellaVecchio, D., & Winston, B. E. (2015). A seven-scale instrument to measure the Romans 12 motivational gifts and a proposition that the Romans 12 gift profiles might apply to person-job fit analysis. International Journal of Leadership Studies, 9(1), 1–22.

Earnhardt, M. P. (2014). Romans 12 motivational gifts in the military: An exploration of person-job fit, job performance, and job satisfaction. Journal of Biblical Integration in Business, 17(1), 59–72.

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