Profiling librarians with the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator: Studies in self selection and type stability

Education for Information

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 57-68

  Agada, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MYERS-BRIGGS TYPE INDICATORS; NOCV2;

LIBRARIES;

DATABASE SYSTEMS; PERSONNEL SELECTION; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; SUBJECTIVE TESTING;

LIBRARIANS; MYERS-BRIGGS TYPE INDICATOR; PERSONALITY PROFILE; PSYCHOMETRIC INSTRUMENT;

EID: 0032020435     PISSN: 01678329     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/EFI-1998-16105     Document Type: Article

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