Limitations of the Bernreuter Personality Inventory in selection of supervisors

Abstract

The Bernreuter was included in an experimental test battery given to foremen in an oil refinery. Scores from F1-C (self-confidence) and F2-S (sociability) did not correlate significantly with a criterion derived from rankings of senior supervisors. A special "supervisor scale" developed by Richardson also failed to correlate with the criterion. An item analysis on the 191 foremen included in the study yielded 13 items which discriminated the best from the poorest foremen, 7 more than would have been expected by chance. The reliability of a scale composed of these 13 items was too low, however, to warrant further work. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)