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Florence Nightingale: Her Personality Type: Barbara M. Dossey, Journal of Holistic Nursing 2010, 26: 57-67

Questions that apply to article:

  1. Who have you known, worked for or worked with who you feel has an INTJ personality type as described in this article?  What makes you identify this person as an INTJ?
  2. What are the positive and negative aspects of the INTJ personality type?  Give brief examples that the author uses of these aspects in the life of Florence Nightingale.
  3. Why was Florence Nightingale so successful in her career, and why did she have such a profound impact on the field of nursing?

 

Others Sometimes Know Us Better Than We Know Ourselves: Simine Vazire and Erika N. Carlson, Current Directions in Psychological Science 2011, 20: 104-108.

Questions that apply to article:

  1. What are blind spots and what causes them?
  2. Who has better information for judging internal traits, the self or others?  Why?
  3. Who has better information for judging external traits, self or others?  Why?

Career Anchor Theory: Thomas J. Barth, Review of Public Personnel Administration 1993, 13: 27-42

Questions that apply to article:

  1. What is Schein’s theory of career anchors?
  2. Why would a manager in the federal government benefit from understanding and using Schein’s theory with employees?
  3. What is the author proposing adding as a sixth anchor to Schein’s theory?  Why is it needed according to the author?

Which Personality Attributes Are Most Important in the Workplace: Paul R. Sackett and Philip T. Walmsley, Perspectives on Psychological Science 2014, 9 (5):  538-551.

Questions that apply to article:

  1. Discuss the case for individuals having a “personality change.”
  2. What are the key personality traits that predict work behaviors?

 

Are You Aware how Your Personality Type Affects Your Behaviour?: S. P. Chauhan and Daisy Chauhan, Global Business Review 2001, 2 (2)

Questions that apply to article:

  1. What is it about the ESTJ personality type that makes it suitable for administrators and managers?
  2. Why is it important to important to know and understand an individual’s personality type?