Here is a brief list of places where I have found evaluation tools. Many tools I've used, however, were developed from seed thoughts from seminars, class notes, books (such as Gene Getz's The Measure of a Man), or professional magazines. Still others have come via fellow pastors. One interesting source is the "Tests and Measurements" section of a local library, a gold mine of testing instruments that have been designed and used in psychological and management research.
Journals
Church Administration (a Southern Baptist publication; 615/251-2228) and LEADERSHIP (particularly spring 1983, summer 1983, and summer 1985).
Specific Instruments, Communicating Styles Inventory, Training Associates Press, 1177 Rockingham, Richardson, TX 75080, 214/437-3535. $3.50 per test
Your Style of Influence, Center for Church Renewal, P. O. Box 863173, Plano, TX 75086, 214/423-4262. $7.95 per test
Books
The Experience of Work: A Compendium and Review of 249 Measures and Their Use. John D. Cook, ed. Academic Press, 1981.
Handbook of Research Design and Social Measurement. Delbert C. Miller. David McKay, 1970.
Scales for the Measurement of Attitudes. Marvin E. Shaw and Jack M. Wright. McGraw-Hill, 1967.
-Larry W. Osborne
Leadership Summer 1988 p. 65
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