Lipponen Questionnaire Test

Understand how strongly employees identify with your company in just 2 minutes. Ten quick items give a clear view by team and organization to guide engagement and culture decisions.

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October 2, 2025

October 2, 2025
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How the Scales are Structured

example score

13/25

Organizational Identification (OI)

Measures how strongly an employee identifies with and feels aligned to the organization as a whole.

Low identification

Moderate identification

0 – 10: Low identification | 11 – 25: Moderate identification

A score of 13 indicates a moderate level of organizational identification, suggesting some sense of belonging and alignment with the organization’s goals and values.

example score

14/25

Attitude Toward the Unit (ATtU)

Measures how strongly an employee identifies with and feels aligned to their immediate department’s goals and norms.

Low identification

Moderate identification

0 – 10: Low identification | 11 – 25: Moderate identification

A score of 14 indicates a moderate level of department identification, suggesting generally positive alignment with the department alongside room to strengthen commitment and belonging.

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DATA-BASED USER COHORTS

Who Usually Takes This Test?

HR and People Partners

41%OF USERS

They use it to gauge employees’ sense of belonging and target engagement, onboarding, and retention efforts.

Team Leads and Managers

34%OF USERS

They take it to spot alignment gaps in their department and improve communication and team cohesion.

Employees in Change Periods

25%OF USERS

They complete it during mergers, restructures, or rapid growth to reflect how connected they feel to the organization.

BASED ON AGGREGATED, ANONYMIZED DATA FROM TENS OF THOUSANDS OF FREUDLY USERS.

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Once you complete the test, your results are compared with real-world data from people in your country.
Below is a preview of how scores are typically distributed across each scale.

Attitude towards the organization (Atto)

Average

17.3

Normal range

12.8 — 21.9

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Attitude towards the department (Attd)

Average

18.2

Normal range

13.6 — 22.9

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SAMPLE QUESTIONS

Example Questions From the Test

You are presented with 10 statements reflecting your attitudes toward the unit in which you currently work and toward the organization as a whole. Please rate the extent to which you agree with each statement using a five-point scale.

- Strongly disagree
- Somewhat disagree
- Not sure
- Somewhat agree
- Strongly agree
- Strongly disagree
- Somewhat disagree
- Not sure
- Somewhat agree
- Strongly agree
- Strongly disagree
- Rather disagree
- Not sure
- Rather agree
- Strongly agree

These are 3 of the 10 real questions — the rest appear in the test. No sign-up needed to start.

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WHAT THE TEST MEASURES

About This Assessment

Lipponen Questionnaire Test - Symptoms and Signs

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This measure assesses the degree to which an employee identifies with their organization and, where applicable, with their immediate work unit. The Lipponen Questionnaire is intended for brief self-report administration in organizational and research settings.

The instrument includes 10 items and typically takes about 2 minutes to complete. Item content focuses on perceived belongingness and alignment with organizational goals and values, supporting a concise estimate of organizational identification. It is commonly referenced in work by Lipponen, J., and Mael, F.

Results from the Lipponen Questionnaire may be used to inform interpretations of employee-organization fit and to guide follow-up assessment or organizational interventions when indicated. As with other self-report tools, scores should be considered in the context of the respondent’s role, work environment, and other relevant data sources.

Author: Lipponen, J., Mael, F.

Literature: Mael, F., & Ashforth, B. E. Alumni and their alma mater: A partial test of the reformulated model of organizational identification. Journal of Organizational Behavior. 1992.; Lipponen, J. Organizational identifications: Antecedents and consequences of identifications in a shipyard context. Department of Social Psychology, University of Helsinki. 2001.