HOW THIS TEST WORKS
How How Well Do I Handle Change? works
How version core-v1 is scored, and what it can and cannot tell you.
How it is scored
Adaptability means being able to adjust to new situations, tasks, and people. Research on adaptability at work describes several parts, including handling uncertainty, learning new tasks, and solving problems in new ways (Pulakos and others, 2000). People who struggle with not knowing tend to worry more (Carleton, 2016), and people resist change less when they understand the reasons and have a say (Oreg, 2003). Change is often lived as a transition, with an ending, a confusing middle, and a new beginning (Bridges, 2009).
This test looks at five areas: staying open to change, learning new ways, coping with not knowing, adjusting plans, and helping others through change. Each area has eight sentences. Four describe a strong habit and four describe the opposite. Each answer gives 0 to 4 points. Each area score runs from 0 to 100, and your overall score is the average of the five.
PersonalitySite.com wrote all of these questions and descriptions. They are not copied from any other test.
What it cannot tell you
This test is for learning about yourself. It is not a diagnosis. It cannot tell you if you have anxiety or any other condition. Do not use it to hire, fire, promote, rank, or rate people, and do not use it to decide who keeps their job during a change.
How you handle change depends on the change. A person can adapt well to one change and struggle with another, especially one that is sudden, unfair, or one of many. A lower score does not mean you are rigid.
This version has not yet been tested with a large group of people, so we do not yet know how accurate it is.