Date of Award

9-1991

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science

First Advisor

Dennis E. Campbell, PhD

Abstract

This experimental study attempted to prove that teams formed with dissimilar personality types would have better decision making than teams which were not formed by dissimilar types. The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, based on Jung's Theory of Psychological Type, was used to determine the subject's personality type preferences. Subjects' perceptions of team processes were also investigated. The sample population consisted of military officers and civil servants who attended the Advanced Program Management course at the Air Force Institute of Technology. Decision making effectiveness was determined from team performance on the Time-by-Event-by-Member-Pattern-Observation system (TEMPO). The design for this research consisted of comparing the scores from teams formed by dissimilar MBTI personality types to scores from teams which were not formed by dissimilar MBTI personality types. The T-test was used to determine the differences between the teams' mean scores at an alpha equal to .1. The research concluded that teams formed by dissimilar MBTI personality types were statistically no more effective than teams formed without the MBTI; however, the teams formed by dissimilar MBTI personality types did score higher than the teams that were not formed with the MBTI.

AFIT Designator

AFIT-GSM-LSM-91S-21

DTIC Accession Number

ADA246622

Comments

Presented to the Faculty of the School of Systems and Logistics of the Air Force Institute of Technology, Air University, in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Science.

The author's Vita page is omitted.

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