John Briggs

Personality research and theory has evolved to help individuals improve their understanding of themselves and others. With this understanding, we can make conclusions about how one’s personal behaviors can influence organizational behavior. Robbins and Judge (2009) defined an organization as a “consciously coordinated social unit, composed of two or more people, that functions on a relatively continuous basis to achieve a common goal or set of goals.” By definition, an organization must function…

personality into a more trusting, capable, and observant human being. I spend my days being helpful and encouraging to my husband and others. I have learned to be persistent in some ways, and impartial in others. I was recently prompted to take the Myers-Briggs personality type quiz, and my results could not be more true to who I am today. My personality type as of today is called “The Advocate”. The personality type I have is INFJ, which is apparently rare. The INFJ personality type makes up…

Many different personality typing methods were used to define my personality type. These personality typing methods included the Myers-Briggs Personality Test, Jung Typology Test, Keirsey’s Temperaments, and the informational Type Talk at Work textbook. The validity of results helped me to realize I am in the correct career path. The results of the Jung Typology Test reflected that I have an Extraverted, Intuitive, Feeling, and Judging personality “The Giver”. My two-letter temperament is…

personality type assigned to me using the Jung Typology Test. This personality assessment is derived from Carl Jung and Isabel Briggs Myers approach to classifying individuals using three dichotomies derived from Carl Jung - extraversion vs introversion, judging vs perceiving, thinking vs feeling, and a fourth dichotomy judging vs perceiving; proposed by Isabel Briggs Myers. Possible combinations of these dichotomies result in sixteen different personality types each assigned a four-letter…

those preferences to my job function. It will also explore the benefits and possible detriments to each preference. It will also explore the combined personality type and the interrelation of the personality preferences. Meyers-Briggs Personality Type I took the Jung Typology Test in an attempt to ascertain my personality type. The test is a series of 64 questions that calculate a four-letter type formula. My personality type was ISTJ (Introverted, Sensing, Thinking,…

Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) was developed by mother-daughter duo Katharine Cook Briggs and Isabel Myers. They wanted everyone to be able to understand their own personality types as well as others. When they were introduced to Jung’s (C. G. Jung was a Swiss psychiatrist and psychotherapist who founded analytical psychology) (6) ideas in 1923, they believed his ideas were so powerful and they could help everyone make better life choices. By developing the MBTI, they completed their life…

vast and various personalities that may be found in today’s diverse workplace, both managers and employees at every level in any organization should begin by learning about their own personality traits by completing a Myers-Briggs personality test. The results of my Myers-Briggs personality test revealed ISTJ as my four-letter personality type which then coincided with my two-letter temperament type, SJ that labeled ISTJs as “The Inspectors”. ISTJ corresponds to, Introverted, Sensing, Thinking,…

company as a whole as well as applying it to your personal life. Understanding organizational behavior can bring improvement to a company as well as the company’s employees. One way to figure out a person’s behavior is to have them complete a Myers-Briggs personality test. After answering a series of questions you are given your results in the form of four letters and are told which each letter means. Once I finished the test I was given the results of introvert, intuitive, feeling, and judging…

From the Myers and Briggs Foundation, MBTI® Basics, The Myers-Briggs type indicator test attempts to identify the basic preferences of an individual in each of the (4) dichotomies identified in Jung’s theory. The (4) are, World, information, decisions and structure. Each of the (4) contain (2) choices. For world, the choices are extrovert or introvert. For information, the choices are sensing or intuition. For decisions, the choices are thinking or feeling and for structure, the choices are…

When a large corporations seek to hire new employees they use an intricate series of interviews and profiling to bring together the right candidates for the position. Employers look at several aspects such as job qualifications, special skills, and personality to find the best candidates. Employers tend to weigh heavily on qualifications and skill, however personality seems to be the deciding factor for most. The dictionary defines personality as a collection of emotional and behavioral traits…