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It contrasts optimistic claims about MBTI’s corporate and counseling utility with the author’s view that available data do not justify strong conclusions about validity or its linkage to Jung’s personality theory. 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Pittenger | The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga |\n| --- | --- |\n| The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI; K. C. Briggs & I. B. Myers, 1998) is a popular measure of normal personality that its promoters | Although the MBTI is an extremely popular measure of personality, I believe that the available data warrant extreme cau- |\n| claim has many applications. M. H. McCaulley (2000) offered an optimistic and enthusiastic account of how counselors can use this instrument in corporate settings. The present article evaluates several of the psychometric limita- | tion in its application as a counseling tool, especially as consultants use it in various business settings. McCaulley (2000) offered decisive conclusions that attest to the |\n| tions and criticisms of the MBTI that warrant | validity of the MBTI four-letter type for- |\n| considerable caution when making inferences | mula and its utility for consulting work. |\n| from its 4-letter type formula. The author concludes that the MBTI, while offering much intuitive appeal, may not yet be able to support the claims its promoters make. | Unfortunately, she offered little empirical evidence to support the veracity of those claims. As such, these conclusions require additional examination. |\n| McCaulley (2000) recently provided an optimistic and enthusiastic account of how consulting psychologists can and should integrate the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) into consulting work with business management. More specifically, she suggested that consulting psychologists can use the MBTI to help employees and managers enhance their interpersonal relations and thereby improve their ability to work effectively for the corporation. The funda- | Currently, the role of personality assessment in employment settings is receiving renewed interest. As Hogan, Hogan, and Roberts (1996) noted, although there remains considerable skepticism regarding the value of personality assessment in applied settings, they believe that well-constructed measures of normal personality can serve a useful role in personnel selection and development. Such an endorsement depends upon measures that evidence |\n| mental assumption presented in McCaulley’s article is that knowledge of cowork- |  |\n|  | David J. Pittenge is the Associate Provost for |\n| ers’ personality preferences, or MBTI type, | Academic Administration at the University of |\n| will facilitate greater respect for individual | Tennessee at Chattanooga. Prior to this position |\n| differences, aid in assigning work respon- | he was the Department Head of the Department |\n| sibilities, and foster effective collaboration | of Psychology and taught a variety of courses |\n| among employees. Indeed, McCaulley advocated using the MBTI as a component of the employee selection process. In addition, McCaulley described what she believed tobe the striking difference in the worldview of counselors and managers and offered recommendations to help counselors con- | including Statistics, Research Methods, Learning Theory, and Introductory Psychology. His research interests include persistence of human behavior, coping behaviors, and psychometrics.\u003Cbr>Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to David J. Pittenger, Department of Psychology, The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, 615 McCallie Avenue, Depart- |\n| vey the utility of the MBTI to corporate | ment 2508, Chattanooga, TN 37403 . E-mail: |\n| decision makers. | [david-pittenger@utc.edu](david-pittenger@utc.edu) |\n\n210  \nCopyright 2005 by the Educational Publishing Foundation and the Society of Consulting Psychology, 1065-9293/05/$12.00 DOI: 10.1037/1065-9293.57.3.210  \nConsulting Psychology Journal: Practice and Research, Vol. 57, No. 3, 210–221  \nconstruct validity and afford useful predictions. Given the ramifications of applying personality measures in the work setting, it is necessary to maintain a critical anal","cbCaibM2cXuoOgmg","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaibM2cXuoOgmg","pdf",76053,12,"English","# Overview of MBTI use and cautions\n## Limitations, criticisms, and validity concerns\n## Structure of the review and sections","[{\"question\":\"What is the main purpose of the article regarding the MBTI?\",\"answer\":\"To provide an alternative perspective on the MBTI’s utility and to highlight psychometric caveats that warrant caution when making inferences from the four-letter type formula.\"},{\"question\":\"Why does the author question MBTI claims about personality theory and predictions?\",\"answer\":\"The author argues that the relevant data do not justify concluding that the MBTI is a direct measure of Jung’s theory and that current MBTI scoring procedures do not support making important prophecies about individuals.\"},{\"question\":\"What are the professional and organizational consequences discussed?\",\"answer\":\"Results of personality testing affect individuals and corporations and influence the profession depending on how practitioners endorse measurement practices and inferences from test scores.\"}]","Cautionary Comments Regarding the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator | PDF"]