Social behavior and the orientation inventory: A review.

The report is a review of research between 1959 and 1965 relating Orientation Inventory (Ori) scores to various kinds of other self-reports and to performance in controlled experiments. Although many of the studies are based on small samples and Ori scores are relatively low in retest reliability, the overall patterns of results suggest the utility of assessing orientation as a way of increasing understanding of performance in a variety of social situations. In many such situations, the greatest source of variance may be the interaction of individual orientation and the nature of the task. What is punishing for the selforiented, may be of no consequence to the interactionoriented and be positively reinforcing to the task-oriented. (Author)