This article reviews the literature on indigenisation of personality measures, including adaptations of existing, well-established Western ones, and justifies in detail the need in India. It is evident that despite over 200 ‘indigenous’ instruments mentioned in the National Library of Educational and Psychological Tests, apparently none has gained widespread awareness even among practitioners, not to mention anything about their use. These instruments seem to lack adequate, scientific evidence of their reliability, validity and/or documentation. Also, they do not appear to be featured in the literature. The indigenisation efforts and developments in other Asian countries are discussed. The cross-cultural applications of Western tools are deliberated upon. To capture the real essence of local culture and cultural understanding, we propose the need for a combined etic–emic approach to indigenisation, and briefly discuss other approaches as a way to appreciate both, the universality and the cultural sensitivity reflecting personality in the sample. The article ends with a suggestion to develop, validate, test and use indigenised personality measures by spreading awareness of their value in various socio-culturally distinct contexts like India.

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人格，文化和职业评估

本文回顾了关于人格测度本土化的文献，包括对现有的，行之有效的西方测验的改编，并详细说明了印度的必要性。显然，尽管国家教育和心理测试图书馆提到了200多种“本土”仪器，但显然没有一个人甚至在从业者中也获得了广泛的关注，更不用说使用它们了。这些工具似乎缺乏足够的科学证据证明其可靠性，有效性和/或文件记录。而且，它们似乎没有出现在文献中。讨论了其他亚洲国家的本土化工作和发展。讨论了西方工具的跨文化应用。为了抓住当地文化和文化理解的真正精髓，我们提出了一种将客体与客体相结合的方法来进行本土化的必要性，并简要讨论了其他方法来同时欣赏样本中反映人格的普遍性和文化敏感性。文章最后提出了一项建议，通过在各种社会文化背景下（例如印度）传播对价值的认识，从而开发，验证，测试和使用土著人格测度。