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IMPLICATIONS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL TYPE DIFFERENCES OF COMMUNITY COLLEGE EMPLOYEES AS MEASURED BY THE MYERS-BRIGGS TYPE INDICATOR
Abstract
This descriptive study utilized C. G. Jung's Theory of Psychological Type in conjunction with the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (Form G) to: develop and study the psychological type profile the employees (N = 254) at a community college; determine the implications; and demonstrate, by making recommendations, how the use of the MBTI and Jung's Theory of Psychological Type could be employed to improve formal and informal operational procedures and functions of a community college. Null hypotheses stated that there would be no significant differences between the psychological type profiles of (1) the CAPT base population and the college sample; (2) the CAPT base population and each college subsample; (3) the total college sample and each subsample; (4a) the departmental subsamples; (4b) the management and nonmanagement-related subsamples; and (4c) the faculty-related subsamples. Demographic data and MBTI results were collected from each subject. Demographic data were analyzed into descriptive statistics and the Selection Ratio Type Table (SRTT) program was used to compare psychological type profiles of the various samples and subsamples. The level of significance was .05. Significant differences were found between the profiles compared to test each null hypothesis. Differences were primarily due to overrepresentation of particular preferences within each employee grouping. The college sample was more Introverted (I) and Sensing (S) than the CAPT sample. Business occupations subsamples preferred the Feeling (F) and Judgment (J) preferences when compared to the other subsamples, whereas the trade and industry subsamples favored Thinking (T) and Perception (P) preferences. These kinds of individual preference differences provided the basis for numerous type and temperament differences between the samples and subsamples. The findings necessitated the rejection of all null hypotheses. The numerous differences found between the college sample and subsamples of employees indicate that use of the MBTI and Jung's Theory of Psychological Types could be an appropriate tool to enhance organizational development.
Subject Area
Community colleges
Recommended Citation
SNYDER, RONALD DELBERT, "IMPLICATIONS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL TYPE DIFFERENCES OF COMMUNITY COLLEGE EMPLOYEES AS MEASURED BY THE MYERS-BRIGGS TYPE INDICATOR" (1986). ETD collection for University of Nebraska-Lincoln. AAI8710911.
https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/dissertations/AAI8710911