A Critique of the Myers-Briggs type indicator and its operationalization of Carl Jung's psychological types

Psychological Reports

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 611-625

  Barbuto Jr , John E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

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EID: 0010148051     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.1997.80.2.611     Document Type: Article

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