Personality Types of Female Technical Communicators: Is There a Recurring Type and Does Type Affect Job Environment, Success, and Satisfaction?

This descriptive survey attempted to identify one Myers-Briggs personality type common to female technical communicators and any possible correlations between that personality type and the communicators' job environments, job success, or job satisfaction. Respondents completed a Form G MBTI® test and a multiple-choice/short answer questionnaire concerning their current employment and job satisfaction level. The MBTI® or the tendency for them to be rebellious and non-conforming scores evidenced a possible commonality of personality preferences intuition (N), thinking (T), and judging (J), with a lesser commonality of extraversion (E). No correlation was found between type and job environment, but trends appear to exist between N types and higher degrees, which resulted in higher salaries, and between J types and job satisfaction.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts in English

Level thesis:degree_level

Masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

English

Year

1999

Author dc:creator

• Thompson, Connie Connie

Contributors dc:contributor

• Kristene Sutliff

• English Language and Literature

Statement dc:rights

• © Connie Connie Thompson

Repository record dc:identifier

https://bearworks.missouristate.edu/theses/525

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:bearworks.missouristate.edu:theses-1526