A qualitative analysis of the congruency of Jungian psychological preferences identified by the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) and the human resource development role of instructor/facilitator

The purpose of this ethnographic study was to describe and explain the congruency of psychological preferences identified by the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) and the human resource development (HRD) role of instructor/facilitator. This investigation was conducted with 23 HRD professionals who worked in the Miami, Florida area as instructors/facilitators with adult learners in job-related contexts.^ The study was conducted using qualitative strategies of data collection and analysis. The research participants were selected through a purposive sampling strategy. Data collection strategies included: (a) administration and scoring of the MBTI, Form G, (b) open-ended and semi-structured interviews, (c) participant observations of the research subjects at their respective work sites and while conducting training sessions, (d) field notes, and (e) contact summary sheets to record field research encounters. Data analysis was conducted with the use of a computer program for qualitative analysis called FolioViews 3.1 for Windows. This included: (a) coding of transcribed interviews and field notes, (b) theme analysis, (c) memoing, and (d) cross-case analysis.^ The three major themes that emerged in relation to the congruency of psychological preferences and the role of instructor/facilitator were: (1) designing and preparing instruction/facilitation, (2) conducting training and managing group process, and (3) interpersonal relations and perspectives among instructors/facilitators.^ The first two themes were analyzed through the combination of the four Jungian personality functions. These combinations are: sensing-thinking (ST), sensing-feeling (SF), intuition-thinking (NT), and intuition-feeling (NF). The third theme was analyzed through the combination of the attitudes or energy focus and the judgment function. These combinations are: extraversion-thinking (ET), extraversion-feeling (EF), introversion-thinking (IT), and introversion-feeling (IF).^ A last area uncovered by this ethnographic study was the influence exerted by a training and development culture on the instructor/facilitator role. This professional culture is described and explained in terms of the shared values and expectations reported by the study respondents. ^

Comparing Psychological Type and Explanatory Between Nursing Students and Clinical Faculty: A Pilot Study

Negotiation of complex collaboration and effective teamwork among health care providers is essential to patient safety and to quality of care. This study examined characteristics of nursing students and faculty influencing communication between them. Psychological type (Myers-Briggs Type Inventory (MBTI) (Myers, McCaulley, Quenk, & Hammer, 1998) and explanatory style (Attributional Style Questionnaire) (ASQ) (Peterson et al., 1982) were compared for participating first year baccalaureate nursing students (N=286), and clinical nursing faculty (N=59) from both two- and four-year nursing programs. Modal student psychological type was ESFJ; modal faculty psychological type was ISTJ. The two groups demonstrated significant differences in processing information, and making decisions and judgments. Students were slightly more optimistic than faculty. Psychological type and level of optimism did not appear to correlate. Data from this pilot study provide an initial framework on which to base further research that could enhance the quality of teamwork among healthcare providers.

Correlates of the Eysenck personality profiler

In this two part study, 811 participants completed the Eysenck Personality Profiler (EPP) and the Honey and Mumford Learning Styles Questionnaire (LSQ) and 263 adults completed the EPP and the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI). As predicted there were many significant correlations which add to the concurrent validity of the EPP. When the overlap of the EPP with the MBTI and LSQ is compared with the overlap of the NEO-PI with the MBTI and LSQ (derived from Furnham, 1996a,b) it appears that the EPP has greater similarity with the LSQ, but the NEO-PI has greater similarity with the MBTI. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.

Development of a Strengths-Based Model for Insurance Automobile, Property, and Casualty Claims Operations

ABSTRACT \ Employers know that to have a successful organization, they must have the right people in the right jobs. But how will they know whom to place where? The development of a model based upon an individual's personality traits and strengths, and how to best use them, is a good place to start. Employees working in positions in which their traits and strengths are maximized enjoy work more, are more efficient, and are less apt to be absent or to look for work elsewhere. It is a mutually beneficial process of selection for both employers and employees. This model illustrates the process in an automobile and property insurance claims operation through utilization of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicators and the StrengthsFinder Profiles.

The conflict resolution behaviors of occupational therapy students as a function of the personality types, demographic characteristics and contextual factors

Interpersonal conflicts have the potential for detrimental consequences if not managed successfully. Understanding the factors that contribute to conflict resolution has implications for interpersonal relationships and the workplace. Researchers have suggested that personality plays an important and predictable role in conflict resolution behaviors (Chanin & Schneer, 1984; Kilmann & Thomas, 1975; Mills, Robey & Smith, 1985). However, other investigators have contended that contextual factors are important contributors in triggering the behavioral responses (Shoda & Mischel, 2000; Mischel & Shoda, 1995). The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships among personality types, demographic characteristics and contextual factors on the conflict resolution behaviors reported by graduate occupational therapy students (n = 125). ^ The study design was correlational. The Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) and the Thomas-Kilmann (MODE) Instrument were used to establish the personality types and the context independent conflict resolution behaviors respectively. The effects of contextual factors of task vs. relationship and power were measured with the Conflict Case Scenarios Questionnaire (CCSQ). One-way ANOVA and linear regression procedures were used to test the relationships between personality types and demographic characteristics with the context independent conflict behaviors. Chi-Square procedures of the personality types by contextual conditions ascertained the effects of contexts in modifying the resolution modes. Descriptive statistics established a profile of the sample. ^ The results of the hypotheses tests revealed significant relationships between the personality types of feeling-thinking and sensing-intuition with the conflict resolution behaviors. The contextual attributes of task vs. relationship orientation and of peer vs. supervisor relationships were shown to modify the conflict behaviors. Furthermore, demographic characteristics of age, gender, GPA and educational background were shown to have an effect on the conflict resolution behaviors. The knowledge gained has implications for students' training, specifically understanding their styles and use of effective conflict resolution strategies. It also contributes to the knowledge on management approaches and interpersonal competencies and how this might facilitate the students' transition to the clinical role. ^

Correlation between anxiety and academic self-concept in interpreter trainees

This paper focuses on two basic issues: the anxiety-generating nature of the interpreting task and the relevance of interpreter trainees’ academic self-concept. The first has already been acknowledged, although not extensively researched, in several papers, and the second has only been mentioned briefly in interpreting literature. This study seeks to examine the relationship between the anxiety and academic self-concept constructs among interpreter trainees. An adapted version of the Foreign Language Anxiety Scale (Horwitz et al., 1986), the Academic Autoconcept Scale (Schmidt, Messoulam & Molina, 2008) and a background information questionnaire were used to collect data. Students’ t-Test analysis results indicated that female students reported experiencing significantly higher levels of anxiety than male students. No significant gender difference in self-concept levels was found. Correlation analysis results suggested, on the one hand, that younger would-be interpreters suffered from higher anxiety levels and students with higher marks tended to have lower anxiety levels; and, on the other hand, that younger students had lower self-concept levels and higher-ability students held higher self-concept levels. In addition, the results revealed that students with higher anxiety levels tended to have lower self-concept levels. Based on these findings, recommendations for interpreting pedagogy are discussed.

Capital psicológico positivo e preferências comportamentais: Há uma ligação?

Dissertação de Mestrado apresentada ao Instituto Superior de Psicologia Aplicada para obtenção de grau de Mestre na especialidade de Psicologia Social e das Organizações.

A magyar vállalkozók személyiségjegyei és azok kapcsolata a vezetői stílussal és a piacorientációval

A vállalkozók vezetői tulajdonságainak és személyiségének vizsgálata kifejezetten interdiszciplináris kutatási terület. A mai dinamikus és globális környezet kihívásai közepette a szervezetek sikeres menedzseléséhez jó vezetői kvalitásokkal rendelkező vezetőkre van szükség Ez a kutatás a hatékony vezetési stílusra jellemző személyiségtípusok azonosításával foglalkozik és vizsgálja a személyiségtípus és a vezetési stílus, valamint a piacorientáció kapcsolatát. A kutatások alapján vannak bizonyos személyiségtulajdonságok, amelyek jellemzőek a sikeres vezetőkre. A Myers-Briggs Type (MBTI) skála nagyon népszerű mérőeszköz a menedzserek kognitív tulajdonságainak vizsgálatára. A szerzők kutatása az első, amely a magyar SME-vállalkozók és menedzserek személyiségtípusait vizsgálja az MBTI-skála segítségével. Kutatási eredményeik alapján a magyar SME-vállalkozókra és menedzserekre az extrovertált személyiségtípus a jellemző és a többségük az ESTJ, ENTJ, ESTP és az ENTP-kategóriákba tartozik. A cikk felhívja a figyelmet arra, hogy a személyiségtípusoknak szignifikáns hatása van a vezetési stílusra és a vállalkozás piacorientációjára is.

Personal Style of On-Site Food Service Managers

Myers-Briggs Type Indicators (MBTI) assess preferences based on Carl Jungs theory of psychological types. They are widely used in organizational development, management and leadership training, and team building. This study examines MBTl of food service managers in a single organization to determine whether food service managers have a typical personal style and whether this style varies.

Vertical specialisation indicator based on supply-driven input-output model

“Import content of exports”, based on Leontief’s demand-driven input-output model, has been widely used as an indicator to measure a country’s degree of participation in vertical specialisation trade. At a sectoral level, this indicator represents the share of inter-mediates imported by all sectors embodied in a given sector’s exported output. However, this indicator only reflects one aspect of vertical specialisation – the demand side. This paper discusses the possibility of using the input-output model developed by Ghosh to measure the vertical specialisation from the perspective of the supply side. At a sector level, the Ghosh type indicator measures the share of imported intermediates used in a sector’s production that are subsequently embodied in exports by all sectors. We estimate these two indicators of vertical specialisation for 47 selected economies for 1995, 2000, 2005 using the OECD’s harmonized input-output database. In addition, the potential biases of both indicators due to the treatment of net withdrawals in inventories, are also discussed.

Cognitive style factors affecting database query performance

As end-user computing becomes more pervasive, an organization's success increasingly depends on the ability of end-users, usually in managerial positions, to extract appropriate data from both internal and external sources. Many of these data sources include or are derived from the organization's accounting information systems. Managerial end-users with different personal characteristics and approaches are likely to compose queries of differing levels of accuracy when searching the data contained within these accounting information systems. This research investigates how cognitive style elements of personality influence managerial end-user performance in database querying tasks. A laboratory experiment was conducted in which participants generated queries to retrieve information from an accounting information system to satisfy typical information requirements. The experiment investigated the influence of personality on the accuracy of queries of varying degrees of complexity. Relying on the Myers–Briggs personality instrument, results show that perceiving individuals (as opposed to judging individuals) who rely on intuition (as opposed to sensing) composed queries more accurately. As expected, query complexity and academic performance also explain the success of data extraction tasks.

Estrategias de aprendizaje en alumnos universitarios y de enseñanza media.

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Estilos intelectuales de aprendizaje en la interacción educativa de profesores-as, estudiantes : hacia una enseñanza adaptativa.

Identificar los estilos intelectuales y los estilos de enseñanza y aprendizaje de profesores y alumnos y examinar las relaciones entre ellos.. Muestra 1: 459 alumnos-as de ESO (40 por ciento) y primero de Bachillerato (60 por ciento) de tres institutos de Enseñanza Secundaria de Murcia y Cartagena. Muestra 2: 108 sujetos que imparten docencia a los alumnos anteriores.. Se realiza primero un estudio teórico sobre el origen, evolución y tratamiento del concepto de estilos intelectuales desde diferentes disciplinas. Se revisan conceptualmente los términos estilo de aprendizaje y enseñanza y se analizan los estilos intelectuales propuestos por Sternberg para referirse al autogobierno mental del alumno y del profesor. Después se realiza un estudio empírico para examinar la relación del estilo intelectual y de aprendizaje de los estudiantes con el estilo intelectual y de instrucción del profesor. Se adaptan los instrumentos, se aplican a la muestra de estudiantes y profesores y se recogen las calificaciones finales de los alumnos. Se realizan análisis correlacionales entre las variables de los distintos estilos intelectuales, análisis de varianza y pruebas t de diferencia de medias para examinar las diferencias entre los centros y se calcula el índice de similitud para la comparación de perfiles de profesores-alumnos en cada asignatura.. Test de Factor G de Catell de nivel 3, Inventario de Estilos Intelectuales para Alumnos de Sternberg, Cuestionario de Tareas Abiertas para la Medida del Estilo Intelectual de Sternberg, Inventario de Estilos Intelectuales de los Alumnos Evaluados por el Profesor de Sternberg, Knowledge Accessing Modes Inventory (KAMI) de Rancourt, Indicador de Tipo Myers-Briggs Forma G, NASSP, Learning Styles Inventory (LSI) de Canfield, Inventario de Estilos Intelectuales para Profesores de Sternberg, Inventario de Estilos Instruccionales (ISI) de Canfield.. Los resultados de la adaptación de los diferentes instrumentos son satisfactorios, mostrando unos índices de fiabilidad adecuados. Se evidencian bastantes relaciones significativas entre los diversos estilos intelectuales y de aprendizaje del alumno entre sí y con las calificaciones escolares. Se revelan diferencias entre los tres centros estudiados en el estilo intelectual de los alumnos, así como en varios estilos de aprendizaje, aunque no ocurre lo mismo cuando se tienen en cuenta los estilos intelectuales y de enseñanza del profesorado. La comparación de perfiles de profesores y alumnos pone de manifiesto que los profesores de las distintas asignaturas muestran estilos característicos predominantes y que, en algunos casos, la coincidencia entre el estilo intelectual del profesor y el del alumno está asociada a las calificaciones obtenidas por éste. Esto parece indicar que existe una mayor relación entre los estilos intelectuales de los alumnos y sus calificaciones cuando coinciden el estilo intelectual del alumno y el del profesor..

Evaluaci??n de la interacci??n de los estilos de ense??anza y aprendizaje en contextos escolares

Evaluaci??n de los estilos de ense??anza y aprendizaje de los estudiantes de Educaci??n Secundaria Obligatoria en diferentes centros de la Regi??n de Murcia y de los estilos de ense??anza de sus profesores, as?? como el an??lisis de la interacci??n de las preferencias estil??sticas de ??stos con aquellos, a la luz de la teor??a de los Estilos intelectuales de Sternberg. Evaluaci??n de los instrumentos de medida de los Estilos intelectuales de Sternberg adaptados al contexto de la investigaci??n. 69 alumnos de s??ptimo de EGB y primero de BUP de un instituto de Bachillerato de Molina de Segura (Murcia) y 11 profesores de centros privados y p??blicosde EGB, FP y BUP de la Regi??n; estos dos grupos para el trabajo previo con los instrumentos de medida. Poblaci??n: estudiantes de ESO de la Regi??n de Murcia, tipo de muestreo mixto intencional. La muestra se compuso de un total de 565 estudiantes y profesorado de ESO de la Regi??n de Murcia. Igual tipo de muestreo que en el caso anterior. La muestra se compuso de 141 profesores. Marco te??rico en el que se abordan los siguientes temas: contextualizaci??n de los estilos de aprendizaje, su tratamiento educativo y los estilos de ense??anza en los entornos escolares. Contextualizaci??n del trabajo de investigaci??n a la etapa educativa que corresponde la ESO, con las propuestas ministeriales sobre estilos de aprendizaje, de ense??anza y sus implicaciones educativas. Aportaciones te??ricas y emp??ricas m??s importantes sobre estilos de ense??anza y aprendizaje y su interacci??n en el proceso educativo. Principales resultados de las investigaciones realizadas por el profesor Sternberg. Objetivos e hip??tesis del trabajo experimental y metodolog??a de la investigaci??n: sujetos, variables (alumnos: nivel educativo, especialidad FP, sexo, n??mero de hijos en la familia, posici??n del estudiante, situaci??n laboral de los padres, estudios de los padres, situaci??n socioecon??mica de la familia. Profesores: tipo de centro en el que trabaja, nivel educativo en el que ense??a, sexo, edad, estudios, experiencia docente en a??os, materia que imparte y las medidas por los instrumentos. Cuestionario de Estilos Intelectuales General (GTSQ) de Sternberg y Mart??n (1988). Conjunto de Tareas de Estilos Intelectuales para Estudiantes (STSTS) de Grigorenko y Sternberg (1992). Cuestionario de Estilos Intelectuales para Profesores (TSQT) de Grigorenko y Sternberg (1992). Inventario Psicol??gico de MYERS-BRIGGS (MBTI) de Myers y McCaulley (1991), adaptado y comercializado en espa??a por TEA. Cuestionarios de Estilos GREGORC, GREGORC (1982). Test de Inteligencia de factor G de Cattell y Cattell (1991), escalas 2 y 3. Test de Aptitudes Escolares B??sicas (TEA, 1990), niveles 2 y 3. Cuestionario de Informaci??n Personal y Familiar para el Alumno. Cuestionario de Informaci??n Personal y Profesional para el Profesor. Escala de Valoraci??n del Perfil Estil??stico del Centro Educativo. Actas oficiales de evaluaci??n de los estudiantes. Paquete Estad??stico SYSTAT, ver. 5.0 (Wilkinson, 1990). Los instrumentos GTSQ, STSTS y TSQT, son instrumentos v??lidos y fiables, as?? como la Escala de Valoraci??n del Perfil Estil??stico del Centro Educativo. Los centros p??blicos y privados muestran perfiles estil??sticos diferentes entre s?? (legislativos, judiciales, globales, progresistas, olig??rquicos y externos; frente a: ejecutivos, locales, conservadores, jer??rquicos, mon??rquicos e internos respectivamente). Los estilos de aprendizaje de los estudiantes presentan diferencias significativas entre los alumnos de las escuelas p??blicas y privadas (locales frente a globales y olig??rquicos respectivamente). Los estilos de ense??anza de los profesores de los centros p??blicos son menos legislativos, judiciales y localistas que los de las escuelas privadas. Ni profesores ni alumnos ajustan sus perfiles a los que caracterizan a los centros en los que ense??an/aprenden. Los estilos de aprendizaje de los estudiantes no se diferencian en funci??n del nivel de la ESO en el que se encuentran. Hay estilos diferentes entre ni??os y ni??as (alumnas m??s externas y alumnos m??s internos). Los alumnos de FP muestran estilos diferentes seg??n su especialidad. La investigaci??n, enmarcada en la teor??a de los Estilos intelectuales de Sternberg, no permite hacer generalizaciones amplias por el momento, situ??ndose en el comienzo del proceso de aplicaci??n de esta teor??a en las aulas.