“PM – Occupational” is based on a personality model, which is comprised of 33 traits. Traits are grouped under 7 factors based on their intercorrelation.
| Factors | Trait | Facet + | Facet – | ||
| Control | C1 | INF | Influencing | Persuasive | Receiving |
| C2 | CNT | Controlling | Controlling | Resigned | |
| C3 | OTS | Outspoken | Expressive | Contained | |
| Extroversion | E1 | OTG | Outgoing | Lively | Reserved |
| E2 | AFF | Affiliative | Gregarious | Intimate | |
| E3 | CNF | Socially Confident | Confident | Self-Conscious | |
| Agreeableness | A1 | MDS | Modest | Modest | Proud |
| A2 | DMC | Democratic | Democratic | Authoritarian | |
| A3 | CRN | Caring | Caring | Selfish | |
| A4 | ACC | Accepting | Accepting | Evaluative | |
| A5 | PPL | People Oriented | Behavioral | Non-Behavioral | |
| A6 | CMP | Composed | Composed | Competitive | |
| A7 | ADP | Adaptable | Diplomatic | Genuine | |
| A8 | CNG | Congruous | Congruous | Independent | |
| Resilience | R1 | TRS | Trusting | Trusting | Cynical |
| R2 | RSL | Resilient | Relaxed | Anxious | |
| R3 | CLM | Calm | Calm | Worrying | |
| R4 | TGH | Tough minded | Tough | Sensitive | |
| R5 | ECN | Emotionally Controlled | Cool | Emotional | |
| R6 | OPT | Optimistic | Optimistic | Pessimistic | |
| Methodicalness | M1 | DTR | Data Driven | Factual | Nonfactual |
| M2 | SYS | Systematic | Orderly | Casual | |
| M3 | PRS | Persistent | Persistent | Flexible | |
| M4 | RLC | Rule Conscious | Compliant | Expedient | |
| M5 | VSN | Visionary | Visionary | Realistic | |
| Dynamism | D1 | ACT | Active | Active | Reflective |
| D2 | ACH | Achieving | Ambitious | Contented | |
| D3 | DCS | Decisive | Decisive | Cautious | |
| Opennes | O1 | LBR | Liberal | Liberal | Conventional |
| O2 | CNC | Conceptual | Abstract | Concrete | |
| O3 | INN | Innovative | Imaginative | Pragmatic | |
| O4 | VRT | Variety Seeking | Variety Seeking | Routine | |
| O6 | ART | Artistic | Artistic | Nonartistic | |
33 traits are interpreted under below scales:
- Sociability
- Inclusion: This scale describes different elements of the person’s readiness to engage others by being outgoing, affiliative, or at ease in formal social situations.
- Dominance: This scale describes different ways a person can exert influence over others by being persuasive, controlling, confronting, expressive or independent in the face of group pressure.
- EQ
- Affection: This scale describes readiness of a person to relate to anothers by analyzing behaviors and feelings, being consultative, caringly supportive and socially astute.
- Resilience: This scale describes the different efforts a person might make toward constructive coping with stressfull situations through being relaxed, worried, tough minded, optimistic, trusting and emotionally controlled.
- Problem Solving
- Analitical Thinking: This scale assesses components of analytic activities in which a person readily invests their analytic energies as they work with data and evaluate information.
- Creativity and Change: This scale assesses components of a person’s readiness to employ different approaches and initiate activities that increase the likelihood of new or more diverse experience by being liberal, conceptual, innovative, variety seeking.
- Intellectance
- Prudence: This scale describes different approaches a person might take to increase their productivity by forward thinking, attention to detail, being conscientious or following the rules.
- Dynamism: This scale describes readiness of a person to power up their results by being vigorous, competitive, achieving or decisive.
“Scale – Trait” relationship can be seen below:
- Inclusion
- OTG
- AFF
- CNF
- Dominance
- INF
- CNT
- OTS
- CNG
- MDS
- Affection
- DMC
- CRN
- PPL
- ADP
- Resilience
- RSL
- CLM
- TGH
- ECN
- OPT
- TRS
- Analitical Thinking
- DTR
- ACC
- Creativity and Change
- LBR
- CNC
- INN
- VRT
- VSN
- Prudence
- SYS
- PRS
- RLC
- VSN
- Dynamism
- ACT
- CMP
- ACH
- DCS
