Microgroup Identity Questionnaire Test

How the Scales are Structured
Who Usually Takes This Test?
See How You Compare
Below is a preview of how scores are typically distributed across each scale.
Example Questions From the Test
- Completely disagree
- Disagree
- Rather disagree
- Rather agree
- Agree
- Completely agree
- Completely disagree
- Disagree
- Somewhat disagree
- Somewhat agree
- Agree
- Completely agree
- Completely disagree
- Disagree
- Somewhat disagree
- Somewhat agree
- Agree
- Completely agree
Microgroup Identity Questionnaire Test - Description and methodology of the test
People seeking to understand their connection with a meaningful workplace group may find the Microgroup Identity Questionnaire Test useful for focused self-reflection. It is intended for readers examining how membership shapes participation, feelings, and self-understanding in a team or other significant group. As a group identity questionnaire, it produces a compact profile of identification rather than a broad personality portrait.
What This Assessment Explores
The questionnaire examines identification with a specific group, especially a work team. As a workgroup identity test, it covers belonging, group satisfaction, concern for collective outcomes, enjoyment of contact, reluctance to leave, and willingness to follow expectations. Together, these themes describe group identification through behavior, emotional connection, belonging, and self-perception.
The three displayed components describe different aspects of the result:
- Behavioral Component (2-12) measures actions expressing meaningful characteristics of self or another person and following expectations; Low alignment 2-5, Moderate alignment 6-10, High alignment 11-12.
- Affective Component (3-18) measures emotional connection, its positivity, and congruence with self or another person; Low connection 3-10, Moderate connection 11-16, High connection 17-18.
- Cognitive Component (3-18) measures belonging to and integrative connection with a significant entity, plus perception of self or other through current characteristics; Low identification 3-10, Moderate identification 11-16, High identification 17-18.
Methodology and Evidence Base
Each statement uses a six-point agreement scale, from complete disagreement to complete agreement. The result reports three displayed components with individual ranges and descriptive bands; the questionnaire does not specify how responses are assigned or weighted. The display summarizes patterns across components rather than giving each answer a separate meaning.
The questionnaire is conceptually consistent with the employee-identity study by Sidorenkov and colleagues, which addresses employee identity in organizations. It also corresponds to dimensions of workgroup identification reported in a later study by Sidorenkov and colleagues, while Tajfel and Turner’s social identity framework offers an account of belonging, self-categorization, and group meaning. The questionnaire is conceptually consistent with these sources, rather than being described as a translation or direct adaptation of either study.
The result is best read as a current self-report profile from a microgroup identification measure. Scores can vary with role, workplace climate, group experiences, self-awareness, and the wish to present the relationship favorably. The displayed bands are descriptive categories for this questionnaire and are best interpreted in relation to the respondent’s group context.
- Sidorenkov, Andrey V., Olesya Yu. Shipitko, Denis E. Shtilnikov, and Wladimir A. Stroh. Development of tools for the study of employee identity in the organization. Organizational Psychology, 9(3), 74-102 (2019). In Russian; English title translated.
- Sidorenkov, Andrey V., Ekaterina S. Salnikova, Dmitry V. Vorontsov, and Alexey A. Klimov. Dimensions of Identification in the Workgroup and Employees’ Contributions to Collaborative Activities. SAGE Open, 10(4), 1-14 (2020). DOI 10.1177/2158244020976385
- Tajfel, Henri, and John C. Turner. An integrative theory of intergroup conflict. In William G. Austin and Stephen Worchel (eds.), The Social Psychology of Intergroup Relations, pp. 33-47. Monterey, CA: Brooks/Cole (1979).
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