Employees Performance Orientation Scale (Leistungsorientierung – LO)

I plan my professional future long-term.

I always carry out all tasks extremely professionally.

When a tricky problem arises in my work, I puzzle over it until I have solved it.

I assert myself even against resistance.

I feel one hundred percent qualified for the activity I am currently performing.

I do not let setbacks discourage me.

My current job serves as a stepping stone for my professional advancement.

Before important events, I always worry about whether everything will work out.

I prefer manageable tasks where I can always see the end clearly.

If I am not feeling completely fit, I pull myself together so that colleagues and superiors do not notice.

If I do not succeed particularly well at a task, I am afraid that my reputation will suffer.

I have clear ideas about which professional position I can reach in about five years.

I am particularly attracted to tasks that allow me to raise my professional profile.

When I work with others, I usually take on the largest part of the work.

I am troubled by the thought of embarrassing myself in difficult situations.

Even when completing my current tasks, I always keep my professional advancement in mind.

I often need experiences of success to validate myself professionally.

It sometimes tempts me to expose professional weaknesses in others during business meetings.

I work on my tasks with such concentration that I perceive interruptions as an annoyance.

Success in challenging tasks is more important to me than successfully completed routine tasks.

I am very ambitious in my career.

I like to look for difficult tasks to measure my skills and knowledge against them.

If I have failed at a task, I prefer to stay away from similar tasks in the future.

I have no interest in a professional career.

It sometimes tempts me to find out what I can achieve even under unfavorable conditions.

I am annoyed when my suggestions are not taken into consideration during business meetings.