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Reliability and Validity of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® Instrument
The relationships between the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), job satisfaction and well-being among working college students in China
Liying, W., & Sheibani, S. (2024). The relationships between the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), job satisfaction and well-being among working college students in China. Journal of Ecohumanism, 3(7), 3620–3638. |
This research sought to assess whether personality types and job satisfaction can be used to prevent the decline of well-being among working college students in China. It specifically examined the effects of MBTI® preferences on job satisfaction and well-being.
A sample of n = 351 (18–26 years old; 58% male, 42% female) were given the MBTI assessment, Chinese Happiness Inventory, Psychological Wellbeing Scale, and the Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire. Results showed that MBTI personality types significantly shape both job satisfaction and well-being. Preferences for Extraversion, Sensing, Thinking, and Judging predicted high job satisfaction and better well-being among the students. Job satisfaction was the mediating factor positively impacting the well-being of working students.
The findings demonstrate that understanding Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® (MBTI) type impacts job satisfaction and well-being; in this study, preferences for ESTJ predicted higher job satisfaction and well-being. These results can be applied to other MBTI preferences and targeted to enhance the well-being of working college students in China and other countries, such as the United States, where more and more college students work while studying and have increasing pressure to choose a satisfying career.
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