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Measures workplace self-actualization

Edward Hoffman

About the HVVS * Sample pdf report * Features * Scales * Sample items *

The Hoffman Vocational Values Scale (HVVS) yields twelve insightful scales plus an overall measure of job satisfaction. Comprising 25 items, the HVVS identifies areas that affect the individual’s degree of workplace self-actualization, highlighting strengths and weaknesses. Based on these scores, the HVVS then provides relevant and specific recommendations for improving job satisfaction. Effective in diverse settings ranging from small businesses to large companies as well as internationally, the HVVS provides specific results for individuals and an organizational profile based on employee responses. The HVVS has proven valuable globally, and is currently available in Estonian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish (the web administration is currently available in English but other languages could be keyed in). 

HVVS Personalized Report

Take the HVVS on the Web and receive a customized report interpreting the HVVS - including overall job satisfaction, the twelve HVVS Scales and interpretation, and personalized developmental suggestions.

See a sample HVVS report (pdf, 75kb)

HVVS Your Own HVVS Report

$9.00

HVVS for Consultants

Consultants can use the HVVS Report in their work with clients. All reports go to the consultant. In addition to the individual report for each of your clients, you will receive the HVVS Guide for Consultants. The guide is written in a lively, informative style and includes "Questions Clients Frequently Ask about the Hoffman Vocational Values Scale—and Relevant Answers.

HVVS Web-Based Administration
Individual report		$19.00
Bundle of 10 ($18 each)		$180.00
Bundle of 20 ($17 each)		$340.00
Bundle of 50 ($16 each)		$800.00
Bundle of 100 ($15 each)		$1500.00
For larger quantities, please contact us

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About the HVVS

Job satisfaction is a key area of psychological and organizational well-being. More than twenty years of research shows that our degree of self-fulfillment at work affects nearly every aspect of our personal lives—-including our family relations, physical energy, and even health. A plethora of research indicates too that when workers feel motivated, creatively challenged, and inspired, their productivity decisively increases. Since the pioneering efforts of Abraham Maslow, psychologists have known that self-actualization in the workplace is a vital goal. Yet, an effective instrument to measure that self-actualization has been badly lacking until now. The Hoffman Vocational Values Scale (HVVS) is rooted in the latest findings of “growth” psychology and organizational development.

HVVS Scales

• The Importance of Work
• Avocation or "Calling"
• Personal Fulfillment
• Sense of Physical Safety
• Sense of Belongingness and Sociability
• Respect and Admiration of Co-Workers
• Feeling Respected and Appreciated
• Having a Teacher and a Hero
• Feeling Creatively Challenged
• Feeling Involved and Unhindered
• Moments of Joy and Inspiration
• Helping to Make the World a Better Place

HVVS Inventory Sample Questions

Directions: Please read each question carefully and choose the one answer that best fits your agreement or disagreement. There are no right or wrong answers, and you need not be an "expert" to do this questionnaire. Describe yourself honestly and state your opinions as accurately as possible.

1	2	3	4	5
Not at all or never	Very little or rarely	Neutral or sometimes	Somewhat or often	Very much or very often

1.	How important is having a meaningful vocation in your life: that is, work that really expresses your true personality or soul?	1	2	3	4	5
2.	How much is your current work/job an expression of your true personality or soul?	1	2	3	4	5
3.	How often do you have a peak-experience (an experience of great joy and happiness) in your current work/job?	1	2	3	4	5

 

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FROM THE HVVS

"Finding self-fulfillment in work is important for most people—and among life's greatest satisfactions. There's also growing scientific evidence that work that we enjoy doing gives us many benefits, both mental and physical.  Indeed, having a satisfying, stimulating job may actually improve our health and longevity.  Certainly, this makes sense in view of the many hours that individuals spend annually in employment.  But how can you tell if your current job is really fulfilling for you? What aspects are most relevant—and meaningful—psychologically?"

—Edward Hoffman, Hoffman Vocational Values Scale

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REFERENCES

Edward Hoffman, Ph.D., is an international leader in humanistic psychology.  A licensed psychologist for twenty years and an adjunct professor at Yeshiva University, he holds degrees from Cornell University and the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor.

Dr. Hoffman is the author of more than a dozen books including Psychological Testing at Work, The Wisdom of Carl Jung, Future Visions, and his biography of Abraham Maslow (see below).

Dr. Hoffman serves as consulting editor for the Journal of Humanistic Psychology. His books and assessment products have been translated into  Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish, among others.

Scholarship about Abraham Maslow by Edward Hoffman

The Right to be Human: A Biography of Abraham Maslow, 2nd edition. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1999.

Future Visions: The Unpublished Papers of Abraham Maslow (Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 1996)

Professional reviews of Hoffman’s Future Visions:

“Abraham Maslow’s deeply founded belief in human potential and our quest for creativity and purpose is further substantiated in these previously unpublished papers edited by Edward Hoffman. This book offers a deeper look into the heart and mind of this unique man.”
—Dr. Stephen R. Covey, Covey Leadership Center and author of The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People

“Hoffman understands something about Maslow that has escaped many—that one must read him as one would pan for gold.”
—Association for Humanistic Psychology Perspective

 

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