TY - JOUR
T1 - How good is the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator for predicting leadership-related behaviors?
AU - Zarate-Torres, Rodrigo
AU - Correa, Juan C
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Copyright © 2023 Zárate-Torres and Correa.
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) is a popular tool used by psychologists working as managers' coaches in organizational contexts. Despite its popularity, few studies provide empirical evidence on the role of the MBTI as a predictor of managers' leadership-related behaviors. This article is written based on research that answers the question of how good the MBTI is to prove leadership behavior. It does so by comparing goodness-of-fit indexes of two confirmatory factor analysis models and two structural models on the personality-leadership relationship, following standards of reproducible research principles. We sampled 529 participants who were graduate and undergraduate students enrolled in business administration programs from Colombian universities. Results show conclusive evidence of the psychometric measurement of both MBTI and leadership practices, even though the relationship between MBTI and the leadership practices inventory proved to be weak.
AB - The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) is a popular tool used by psychologists working as managers' coaches in organizational contexts. Despite its popularity, few studies provide empirical evidence on the role of the MBTI as a predictor of managers' leadership-related behaviors. This article is written based on research that answers the question of how good the MBTI is to prove leadership behavior. It does so by comparing goodness-of-fit indexes of two confirmatory factor analysis models and two structural models on the personality-leadership relationship, following standards of reproducible research principles. We sampled 529 participants who were graduate and undergraduate students enrolled in business administration programs from Colombian universities. Results show conclusive evidence of the psychometric measurement of both MBTI and leadership practices, even though the relationship between MBTI and the leadership practices inventory proved to be weak.
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U2 - https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.940961
DO - https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.940961
M3 - Article
C2 - 36936015
SN - 1664-1078
VL - 14
SP - 940961
JO - Frontiers in Psychology
JF - Frontiers in Psychology
M1 - 940961
ER -