Psychological Types at Work: An MBTI Perspective Psychology@Work Series

by Bayne, Rowan

• ISBN13: 9781861529909
• ISBN10: 1861529902
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-03-05
• Publisher: Cengage Learning EMEA

Summary

The Psychology @ Work series interprets and explains peoples work behaviour in a climate of change, drawing together academic research and practitioner expertise. Each title focuses on a central issue in management, emphasizing the role of the individual’s workplace experience. They are ideal texts for Managers, HR Professionals, students of management and occupational psychology at Undergraduate and MBA level. The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator is the most widely used personality inventory in the world, and understanding characteristics unique to each personality type, provides insight on how they influence an individual’s way of communicating and interacting with others. In this important new addition to the best-selling Psychology at Work series, Rowan Bayne applies MBTI perspectives to an extensive range of areas of work psychology such as recruitment and selection, communication, stress management, counselling, training and leading. This textbook takes the most useful ideas from MBTI literature, integrates and critiques them, evaluates the evidence for and against them, compares them with mainstream psychology, and where applicable draws out their implications for practitioners. This text will be especially of interest to students of occupational psychology and management at undergraduate, Masters and MBA level, as well as of direct relevance to practitioners, consultants, mangers and HR professionals.

Author Biography

Rowan Bayne is Reader in the School of Psychology, University of East London.

Table of Contents

List of figures	viii
List of tables	ix
List of boxes	x
Series editor's preface	xi
Acknowledgements	xiii
Introduction and overview	xiv
Applying MBTI theory	1	(15)
Strengths of MBTI theory and applications	2	(4)
Limitations of MBTI theory and applications	6	(2)
Evidence-based practice and MBTI theory	8	(3)
Four levels of applying MBTI theory	11	(1)
Some questions and replies	12	(2)
Conclusions	14	(2)
MBTI theory and clarifying your own type (if you wish)	16	(29)
Setting the scene	16	(4)
Four pairs of preferences	20	(4)
Type	24	(1)
A note on the positive tone of MBTI descriptions	24	(1)
Clarifying type: further strategies and perspectives	25	(10)
Ethical application of MBTI theory	35	(1)
Questions and replies	36	(8)
Conclusions	44	(1)
Careers	45	(19)
The idea of a career	46	(4)
Career choice	50	(6)
Job satisfaction and job performance	56	(5)
Searching for a fulfilling career	61	(2)
Conclusions	63	(1)
Selection	64	(15)
Job description	64	(3)
Designing application forms	67	(3)
Interviewing	70	(4)
Three issues	74	(4)
Conclusions	78	(1)
Time	79	(13)
JP and time	80	(2)
The other preferences and time	82	(3)
Fitzsimmons's study	85	(2)
Procrastination	87	(1)
`Introverted Complexity No. 47'	88	(1)
Time perspective	89	(2)
Conclusions	91	(1)
Communication	92	(23)
Four `languages'	94	(7)
Six contexts	101	(13)
Conclusions	114	(1)
Health	115	(19)
Physical activity	115	(3)
Eating	118	(4)
Physical illness	122	(1)
Stress	123	(1)
Coping with stress	124	(6)
Expressive writing	130	(2)
A note on work--life balance	132	(1)
Conclusions	133	(1)
Counselling and coaching	134	(17)
A general framework for counselling and coaching	136	(6)
Choice of counselling model(s)	142	(3)
Choice of strategies and techniques	145	(3)
How much can people change?	148	(1)
Conclusions	149	(2)
Leading and managing	151	(14)
Styles of leading	152	(5)
Managing problems	157	(2)
Goal-setting	159	(2)
Managing money	161	(2)
Managing change	163	(1)
Conclusions	164	(1)
MBTI Resources	165	(2)
References	167	(10)
Index	177