PREDICTING DENTISTS CAREER CHOICES USING THE MYERS-BRIGGS TYPE INDICATOR

Authors
GRANDY TG WESTERMAN GH OCANTO RA ERSKINE CG
Citation
Tg. Grandy et al., PREDICTING DENTISTS CAREER CHOICES USING THE MYERS-BRIGGS TYPE INDICATOR, The Journal of the American Dental Association, 127(2), 1996, pp. 253-258
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Dentistry,Oral Surgery & Medicine
Journal title
The Journal of the American Dental Association → ACNP
ISSN journal
00028177
Volume
127
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
253 - 258
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-8177(1996)127:2<253:PDCCUT>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
The Myers-Briggs Type indicator is a psychological measure designed to determine personality preferences, learning styles and management sty les and to assist with career choices. The authors surveyed 1,117 prac ticing dentists to determine if the MBTI was useful in determining whi ch respondents were most likely to be specialists. They found no signi ficant differences between general practitioners and specialists.