SIMILAR VALUES

Management consultants tend to advise organizations to assemble teams with members who have a diversity of skills, expertise, and perspectives. This, however, is not always the best course of action. In some areas, organizations should look to hire for similarity. One such area is values.

A group-based analytical framework can put some structure into understanding values. One such framework is the Motives, Values, Preferences Inventory (MVPI), developed by Hogan Assessment Systems. MVPI is a personality inventory that reveals a person's core values, goals, and interests. Results indicate which type of position, job, and environment will be most motivating and satisfying for individual employees. The MVPI identifies people's core ...

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