WORK HABITS, ATTITUDES AND PRODUCTIVITY
SCALE
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The Work habits, Attitudes and
productivity Scale (WHAPS) is a
standard tool for determining a
persons work habits and tendency
to be productive.
TEST TAKING TIME: 10 to 15
minutes.
NO. OF ITEMS: 62-item forced-
choice test.
SUBJECT: Any age beginning with
early adolescence.
ADMINISTRATION: Individual or
groups
DESCRIPTION ON THE CONTENT
OF THE TEST
It has ten subscales namely:
Concentration (C+): Avoidance
of interruptions while at work;
maximum use of ones work hours.
Lack of Concentration (C-):
Presence and/or entertainment of
distracters while at work
family/personal problems, lack of
interest in work, social/phone calls,
long breaks, etc.
External Motivation (EM):
Sources of motivation are outside
of self: person is motivated if
encouraged by others to do his/her
best.
Internal Motivation (IN): Source
of motivation is internal; employee
no
encouragement from others.
Productivity (P+): Avoidance of
activities that interfere work.
Activities inactive of work activity
include punctuality and regularity
of attendance, submission of
assignments on or before the
deadline, maintenance of health to
be physically fit for work.
Lack of Productivity (P-):
Inability to finish work on time; low
work output; presence of
distracters while at work; lack of
concentration; confusion as to
ones career goal.
Job Satisfaction (JS):
Satisfaction with ones work or
career.
Job Dissatisfaction (JD):
dissatisfaction with ones job, work
organization/management. Person
maybe confused on what his/her
career goal should be.
Cool, Organized Worker (COW):
Organization and system in work;
consideration of travel time when
reporting for work so as not to be
late; starting work on time to finish
assignments without working
overtime.
Hyper- other-Organized Worker
(HOW): Lack of definite system
and organization in work;
preference of odd working hours;
person gets stimulated to do best
when under pressure
General Concentration (C): The tendency present in most
persons general level of workers
concentration on the job. The habit, attitude,
[Concentration (C+) minus Lack of 7-8 productivity tendency is
Concentration (C-)]
present in the person
The habit, attitude,
Motivation (M):
The persons main source of 9 productivity tendency is
motivation very present in the person
[Internal Motivation (IM) minus
External Motivation (EM)]

Job Attitude (J): The persons

stronger attitude towards job [Job
Satisfaction (JS) minus Job
Dissatisfaction (JD)]

Productivity Level (P): the

persons level of perceived
productivity [Productivity (P+)
minus lack of Productivity (P-)]
Work Orientation (WO): The
persons orientation towards work
[Cool, Oriented Work orientation
(COW) minus Hyper-Oriented Work
Orientation (HOW)]
TABLE 1: STANINE
INTERPRETATION
STANI
INTERPRETATION
NE
The person has not
1 observed is not aware of
his/her habit, attitude,
productivity tendency
The habit, attitude,
23 productivity tendency is
barely present in the
person
The person has habits,
36 attitudes and productivity
Table 2 also provides information
on the more present or stronger
habits, attitudes and productivity
tendencies. Should the user of the
WHAPS like to know the general
level of concentration of the person
under evaluation, he/she should
consult the lower portion of Table 2.
A higher score in C (Stanine 7-9)
means that the person has high
concentration on the job. A lower C
(Stanine 1-3) means that the
person lacks concentration, A
higher motivation (M) means that
the person is intrinsically while a
lower one (Stanine 1-3) means that
s/he is extrinsically motivated to
work. A higher P means that the
person is a productive worker while
a lower one, an unproductive
worker. A higher score in work
orientation (WO) means that the
person is a cool, organized worker.
A lower score means that s/he is a
hyper, other-organized worker.