Work Attitude Inventory
WAI
An integrity-focused assessment designed to evaluate attitudes toward integrity and ethics in the workplace, helping reduce counterproductive workplace behaviour.
Integrity That Drives Performance
The Work Attitude Inventory (WAI) is an integrity-focused assessment designed to evaluate a person's attitude toward integrity and ethics within the workplace. It does this through an innovative format that is designed to minimise response bias and is designed to help reduce counterproductive workplace behaviour. The WAI also provides insight into work-related values that may influence an individual's integrity.
Assessments of integrity are widely recognised as valuable tools for predicting how individuals are likely to perform at work, across a range of roles and industries. A person's attitude towards integrity is not only linked to honest behaviour, but also to how consistently they follow company policies, procedures, and safety guidelines, as well as how carefully they manage risk in the workplace.
Individuals who have a strong sense of personal values and a clear commitment to ethical conduct also tend to perform more effectively overall, making integrity an important factor in selecting and developing employees.
What It Measures
Attitudes Toward Integrity
Core assessment of a person's orientation toward ethical workplace behaviour
Meaningful Workplace Behaviours
Following rules, being respectful, having a strong sense of right and wrong, avoiding self-serving behaviours or benefiting from others' mistakes
5 Beneficial Workplace Scales
Meticulousness, perseverance, industriousness, agreeableness, stress tolerance
When to Use the WAI
Pre-Employment Screening
Where integrity and rule compliance are critical to role success and organisational safety.
Sensitive Roles
Roles involving financial control, assets, confidential information or safety risk.
High-Risk Environments
Environments with high exposure to fraud, misconduct or policy breaches.
Selection Batteries
As part of a broader selection battery to strengthen risk management.
Reports
The WAI provides clear, actionable reporting to support informed decision-making around integrity risk.
Overall Integrity Score
A comprehensive score reflecting the individual's overall attitude toward integrity in the workplace.
Risk Indicators
Potential integrity-related risk indicators and areas that may require further exploration.
Interview Questions
Targeted interview questions to probe areas of concern identified by the assessment.
Administration Options
On-Screen
Supervised or unsupervised digital administration
Remote Email Invitation
Send secure assessment links to candidates
Duration: Untimed, approximately 20 minutes
Documentation
- WAI Factsheet
Sample Reports
- WAI Screening Report
- WAI Results Spreadsheet
Ready to Use the WAI?
The WAI is most valuable in contexts where organisations need structured insight into ethical orientation and potential workplace risk.