2025, Vol. 7, Issue 2, Part D

author(s)
Yanlei Wang

abstract
Existing occupational personality assessments overwhelmingly depend on self-report instruments, rendering them susceptible to deliberate distortion driven by social-desirability pressures. Such response biases erode their validity in talent selection, leadership development, and career guidance, prompting human resource professionals to demand more reliable, objective alternatives. The Rorschach Inkblot Test (RIT), a classic projective technique, has recently re-emerged as a promising solution, having demonstrated an ability to attenuate social-desirability effects. Yet no systematic inquiry has examined whether the RIT can validly capture occupational-personality dimensions. This study addresses that gap through a mapping review that develops the RIT-based occupational personality assessment method by using the framework of Occupational Personality Profile (OPPro) and critically discusses the practical challenges of its real-world implementation.