In 1974, Kenneth W. Thomas and Ralph H. Kilmann introduced their Thomas–Kilmann Conflict Mode Instrument (Tuxedo NY: Xicom, 1974).
Each pair of statements was specifically designed, through a multi-stage research process, to be equal in social desirability.
[2] The TKI is held under copyright and is not publicly available or accessible to be conducted without being purchased for each individual assessment.
[8] One criticism of the instrument was that it was given so often in employment situations, as one newspaper columnist wrote in 1993, "I’ve taken the test so many times I know what answers will get the desired outcome.
Kenneth W. Thomas & Ralph H. Kilmann (1974), "Conflict Mode Instrument, "XICOM Incorporated, 33rd Printing 1991