Latitude

Latitude measures the decision-making and organisational space you prefer when you master the assignment and its objective is clear: defined steps, boundaries and validation points, or an objective and constraints followed by wide freedom to organise and decide within your scope. Research on work design distinguishes three forms of autonomy, over scheduling, over methods and over decisions [1], and a meta-analysis of 259 studies places autonomy among the characteristics that explain a large share of satisfaction and perceived performance [2]. The axis does not measure the autonomy you have; it measures the autonomy you want when the conditions for exercising it are in place.

The axis appears in delegated decisions, choice of methods, work organisation and the expected level of validation. It is felt when a validation point lands on a decision you considered yours, or conversely when a decision you were expecting is left without a framework. The three forms of autonomy do not always go together: you can be free with your schedule and constrained in your methods [1], and the gap often turns on just one of them. The need shifts with mastery: the question is asked about a mastered assignment because before that, on a new topic, Guidance applies, and afterwards Latitude takes over. Scientific scope: the cited studies examine workplace behaviours, conditions or outcomes. They do not directly validate this preference scale or an individual PIMPmyBOSS compatibility score.

The score describes a situated preference or a perceived behaviour. It is neither a personality diagnosis, a norm nor a verdict on professional quality.