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Facts About the Classical Patterns

IBC 2002

© 2002 by Inscape Publishing, Inc. All rights reserved.

Demographics (N=23,286) !  Gender

!   12,506 Males (46%) !   10,780 Females (54%)

!  Age !   Well-distributed

!  Education !   Majority of sample (93%) had education

beyond High School


Demographics - Continued !  Heritage

!   Caucasian (80%), African Origin (7%), Asian Origin (4%), Hispanic (4%), Other (4%), Native American (2%)

!  Employment !   Largest categories were Professional (24%) and

Mid-level Management (24%), followed by Executive (10%) and Sales (10%)

!   Industry !   Business Services (35%) was the largest category,

followed by Finance/Insurance/Real Estate (20%) and Manufacturing (16%)


PPS Classical Patterns Tight 1%

Specialist 7%

Result-Oriented 9%

Promoter 9%

Practitioner 3%

Persuader 4%

Perfectionist 20%Objective Thinker 7%

Investigator 1%

Inspirational 8%

Developer 7%

Creative 10%

Counselor 7%

Appraiser 2%

Agent 3%

Achiever 2%


PPS Classical Patterns and Gender

Classical Pattern

Tight

Specialist

Result-Oriented

Promoter

Practitioner

Persuader

Perfectionist

Objective Thinker

Investigator

Inspirational

Developer

Creative

Counselor

Appraiser

Agent

Achiever

Perc

ent

30

20

10

0

GENDER

Female

Male


PPS Classical Patterns and Gender Differences

Classical Pattern

Result-OrientedPerfectionist

DeveloperCreative

Counselor

Perc

ent

30

20

10

0

GENDER

Female

Male


Counselor and Perfectionist Patterns

Counselor Perfectionist (Greater proportion of Women)


Creative, Developer and Result-oriented Patterns

Creative Developer Result-oriented (Greater proportion of Men)


Gender and DiSC Dimensions D i S C

Men 31% 23% 23% 27%

Women 24% 27% 31% 27%


Frequency Distribution in the General Population

General Population

Classical Pattern

Tight

Specialist

Result-Oriented

Promoter

Practitioner

Persuader

Perfectionist

Objective Thinker

Investigator

Inspirational

Developer

Creative

Counselor

Appraiser

Agent

Achiever

Perc

ent

30

20

10

0


Customer Service Customer Service

Classical Pattern

Tight

(+) Specialist

(-) Result-Oriented

Promoter

Practitioner

Persuader

(+) Perfectionist

Objective Thinker

Investigator

(-) Inspirational

Developer

Creative

(+) Counselor

Appraiser

Agent

Achiever

Perc

ent

30

20

10

0

General Population

Classical Pattern

Tight

Specialist

Result-Oriented

Promoter

Practitioner

Persuader

Perfectionist

Objective Thinker

Investigator

Inspirational

Developer

Creative

Counselor

Appraiser

Agent

Achiever

Perc

ent

30

20

10

0


Executive

Executive

Classical Pattern

Tight

Specialist

(+) Result-Oriented

Promoter

Practitioner

Persuader

(-)Perfectionist

Objective Thinker

Investigator

(+) Inspirational

Developer

(+) Creative

Counselor

Appraiser

Agent

Achiever

Perc

ent

30

20

10

0

General Population

Classical Pattern

Tight

Specialist

Result-Oriented

Promoter

Practitioner

Persuader

Perfectionist

Objective Thinker

Investigator

Inspirational

Developer

Creative

Counselor

Appraiser

Agent

Achiever

Perc

ent

30

20

10

0


Sales Sales

Classical Pattern

Tight

Specialist

Result-Oriented

(+) Promoter

Practitioner

(+) Persuader

(-) Perfectionist

Objective Thinker

Investigator

(+) Inspirational

Developer

(-) Creative

Counselor

Appraiser

Agent

Achiever

Perc

ent

30

20

10

0

General Population

Classical Pattern

Tight

Specialist

Result-Oriented

Promoter

Practitioner

Persuader

Perfectionist

Objective Thinker

Investigator

Inspirational

Developer

Creative

Counselor

Appraiser

Agent

Achiever

Perc

ent

30

20

10

0


Mechanical/Technical General Population

Classical Pattern

Tight

Specialist

Result-Oriented

Promoter

Practitioner

Persuader

Perfectionist

Objective Thinker

Investigator

Inspirational

Developer

Creative

Counselor

Appraiser

Agent

AchieverPe

rcen

t

30

20

10

0

Mechanical/Technical

Classical Pattern

Tight

(+) Specialist

Result-Oriented

(-) Promoter

(+) Practitioner

Persuader

(+) Perfectionist

(+)Objective Thinker

Investigator

(-) Inspirational

Developer

Creative

Counselor

Appraiser

Agent

Achiever

Perc

ent

30

20

10

0


Secretarial/Clerical Secretarial/Clerical

Classical Pattern

Tight

(+) Specialist

(-) Result-Oriented

Promoter

Practitioner

Persuader

(+) Perfectionist

Objective Thinker

Investigator

(-) Inspirational

Developer

(-) Creative

Counselor

Appraiser

(+) Agent

Achiever

Perc

ent

40

30

20

10

0

General Population

Classical Pattern

Tight

Specialist

Result-Oriented

Promoter

Practitioner

Persuader

Perfectionist

Objective Thinker

Investigator

Inspirational

Developer

Creative

Counselor

Appraiser

Agent

Achiever

Perc

ent

30

20

10

0


Group Comparisons

Secretarial/Clerical

Classical Pattern

Tight

Specialist

Result-Oriented

Promoter

Practitioner

Persuader

Perfectionist

Objective Thinker

Investigator

Inspirational

Developer

Creative

Counselor

Appraiser

Agent

Achiever

Per

cent

40

30

20

10

0

Mid-level Management

Classical Pattern

Tight

Specialist

(+) Result-Oriented

(+) Promoter

Practitioner

Persuader

(-) Perfectionist

Objective Thinker

Investigator

(+) Inspirational

(+) Developer

(+) Creative

Counselor

Appraiser

(-) Agent

Achiever

Per

cent

30

20

10

0

Executive

Classical Pattern

Tight

Specialist

(+) Result-Oriented

(+) Promoter

Practitioner

Persuader

(-) Perfectionist

Objective Thinker

Investigator

(+) Inspirational

(+) Developer

(+) Creative

Counselor

Appraiser

(-) Agent

Achiever

Pe

rce

nt

30

20

10

0

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