A Managerial View of Myers-Briggs Personality Types in the Clinical Laboratory.
Abstract
The influence of personality on occupational choice and work behavior is a widely accepted theory in managerial science. The purpose of this study was to consider the influence of personality on selection of a laboratory specialty controlling for certain demographic variables, and to examine the relationship between personality and job tenure in a sample of 141 medical technologists and medical laboratory technicians using the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator as an instrument. Three types, ISFJ(24.1 per cent), ESTJ(14.2 per cent), and ISTJ(12.8 per cent), out of the sixteen possible ones, accounted for approximately 51 per cent of the sample. One index of the personality, judging/perceiving, showed a weak relationship to choice of specialty unaffected by any of the demographic variables. Three indices, correlated weakly in a positive direction with job tenure: introversion, sensing, and judging. It was concluded that the clinical laboratory profession does attract a group of individuals with a particular set of personality characteristics and that this influence extends to selection to selection of a specialty. In addition, an individual whose personality type corresponds with that most often found in the profession is more likely to remain for a greater length of time in the career field.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 01, 1982
- Accession Number
- ADA125317
Entities
People
- Danny H. Sharon
Organizations
- Air Force Institute of Technology