The Utility of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator

Pittenger, David J.

doi:10.2307/1170497

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“…6 This debate is far from over. Although researchers have questioned MBTI measures in other contexts, 7 the tool is still one of the most popular for ascertaining personality types, especially because extensive data supports its findings. The instrument itself doesn't predict career successit merely identifies occupational preferencesbut personality has a great impact on a worker's motivation, performance, and retention in the field.…”

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Making Sense of Software Development and Personality Types

2010

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Section: Previous Studiesmentioning

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Making Sense of Software Development and Personality Types

2010

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“…Its primary model is a typology of four personality types, having some similarity to Bartle's model, but unfortunately it is based on the Myers-Briggs personality system. Despite its popularity with human relations consultants to American corporations, MyersBriggs is poorly supported by research (Druckman & Bjork, 1991;Pettinger, 1993). Better would have been the Big Five model of personality dimensions, which has received extensive support in a wide range of scientific studies (Wiggins, 1996).…”

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Creative Uses of Software Errors: Glitches and Cheats

Bainbridge

2007

Social Science Computer Review

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Video games constitute a major sector of computing with distinctive social implications. Analysis of video game programming errors, design limitations, and rule ambiguities suggests a range of positive functions that glitches and cheats may perform. Glitches are software errors, either programming bugs or design flaws. Cheats are tricks for mastering games by circumventing the official rules for play. This article is based on the study of 751 glitches in 155 popular video games plus examination of web sites that disseminate cheats. It compares the standard computer science response to errors, which is to eliminate them, with a common video gamer response, which is to exploit them. The theoretical analysis contrasts games (in which victory is achieving set goals by following given rules) with metagames (in which victory is having the power to define the nature and rules of the game). Several related theoretical concepts are used to describe the complex subculture of video game players, for whom glitches and cheats are socially significant.

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“…It should be noted that a number of researchers have criticized the use of the MBTI for individual differences research (Comrey, 1983;Pittenger, 1993;Vacha-Haase & Thompson, 2002). In particular, McCrae and Costa (1989) argue that the MBTI does not adequately measure distinct personality types, but instead could be conceptualized as measuring four of the five relatively independent personality dimensions outlined by the Five Factor Model (FFM; Costa & McCrae, 1992.…”

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The Development and Validation of a Multidimensional Measure of Moral Orientation

Giammarco¹

2016

Personality and Individual Differences

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Researchers have found that when individuals are faced with moral dilemmas, they tend to approach the situations with the same general perspective. This general perspective is referred to as their moral orientation. Studies have shown that moral orientations tend to be either justice or care focused. A justice orientation refers to a focus on rights, rules, and objective decision making. In contrast, individuals using a care orientation are more likely to consider relationships, contextual factors, and minimizing harm to others. Although numerous studies have reported individual differences in these orientations, the literature has failed to consider how individuals with -abnormal‖ moral development approach these dilemmas. As such, the goal of present study was to develop a measure of moral orientation that was able to capture adequately the orientations of those individuals with more maladaptive tendencies. This was achieved by assessing a novel moral orientation, termed self-promotion. After developing and administering this scale to two independent samples, a series of item analyses were conducted and items that failed to meet acceptable levels of psychometric criteria were deleted. The reduced scaled was factor analyzed and the results indicated three distinct care, justice, and self-promotion factors emerged for some scenarios, but not others, suggesting that further scale revisions are necessary.Despite some potentially problematic items, preliminary validity evidence was found, with significant correlations in the expected direction observed between each of the moral orientation dimensions and various Dark Triad and HEXACO personality traits.

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The Utility of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator

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Making Sense of Software Development and Personality Types

Making Sense of Software Development and Personality Types

Creative Uses of Software Errors: Glitches and Cheats

The Development and Validation of a Multidimensional Measure of Moral Orientation

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