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How does 4G work?
Using 4G is a very quick and simple
process. People generally need an
hour, split between a short briefing, an
online personality questionnaire and a
feedback session.
In the case of team building and devel-
opmental activities, further time may
be spent on additional feedback, either
for individuals or for the whole group.
At the end of the process, individuals
receive their own reports, while a
group report is made available for the
decision maker and/or the group,
depending on what is required.
The diagram below gives a snapshot of
the questionnaire and the adjectives
that people need to select in order to
describe themselves. To ensure under-
standing, each adjective is accompa-
nied by a popup definition when an
individual places their mouse over a
particular word.
How do you prevent ‘faking’ or
‘cheating’?
One of the things we do during a feed-
back session is to establish the consis-
tencies or incon-
sistencies that
might arise
between the
quest ionnaire
and people's
own 'image
management' of
themselves. By
combining the
data from the
quest ionnaire
with human confirmation, this is an
excellent way to avoid any problems of
'faking' or people trying to create an
image of themselves that doesn't hold
true. Whilst it is very rare that we find
people who have 'lied', this combina-
tion works very well and allows us to
avoid many of the problems that can
emerge in the gaps between psycho-
metric tests and reality.
What research has been done into
4G?
4G has undergone a variety of psycho-
metric and statistical tests establishing
the validity and reliability of the instru-
ment. These include Cronbach’s Alpha,
standard error of measurement, factor
analysis, convergent and criterion
validity.
Another important part of the research
into 4G is that of fairness and freedom
from systematic bias. In other words, is
4G bias against one particular subgroup
or another? This is of greatest impor-
tance when considering the legal
A Summary of How 4G Works4G is a proprietary approach to predicting relationships, behaviour and group
cultures. Based in part on the work of Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung, 4G incor-
porates measures of people’s strengths, creativity, motivation and weak-
nesses. The model contains 16 definitions of individual’s behavior, 14 differ-
ent relationship types and 4 examples of group culture.
How 4G Works
Linking Behaviour to Bottom Line Performance
implications of psychometrics and the
use of instruments in the workplace. On
the basis of this definition, 4G offers no
significant bias against any subgroup.
The resulting research and empirical
evidence shows support for the use of
4G in a commercial setting. Further
information can be found at the link
below.
http://www.fourgroups.com/research
If you would like to see a cop of the
test manual, please get in touch with
us.
Is there any more information on the
theory behind 4G?
If you would like to find out more about
the theory behind 4G, please visit the
page below where you can view fur-
ther information and an animation
explaining this in more detail.
http://www.fourgroups.com/theory
© 2007 Four Groups Ltd, 5 St. Johns Lane London EC1M 4BH, United Kingdom.
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Four Groups Ltd5 St. Johns LaneLondonEC1M 4BH, United Kingdom
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Who are we?
Four Groups work with a new approach to behav-
iours, relationships and culture. This document pro-
vides some background and a short to our propeir-
tary methodology, 4G.