Descriptive Correlational Study on Personality Type using MBTI and Job Satisfaction.
- Author:
Ae Kyung HAN
1
;
Jong Soon WON
;
Ok Soo KIM
;
Mi Kyung PARK
;
Jung Mi CHANG
Author Information
1. Department of Nursing, Seoul Health College. jswon@sh.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Personality type;
Job satisfaction
- MeSH:
Introversion (Psychology);
Intuition;
Job Satisfaction*;
Marital Status;
Motivation;
Nursing;
Surveys and Questionnaires;
Thinking
- From:Journal of Korean Academy of Fundamental Nursing
2005;12(3):404-412
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
PURPOSE: This study was done to examine the correlations between personality type and job satisfaction of nurses. METHODS: Subjects included three hundred twelve nurses ages from 21 to 55. The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator(MBTI) was administered to determine the personality types of the nurses(n=312). A job satisfaction survey including a demographic and career questionnaire was also used. Data were analyzed using ANOVA. RESULTS: The mean score for job satisfaction was 113.68 out of 205. The result showed that there was no statistically significant correlation between job satisfaction and information gathering functions ; S: Sensing, N: Intuition (t=.667, p=.499), T: Thinking, F: Feeling (t=.822, p=.412). The results, however, indicated that style for gaining energy(I: Introversion, E: Extroversion)(t=2.008, p=.046) and life dealing style(J : Judgement, P : Perception)(t=2.290, p=.023) were significantly correlated with job satisfaction. The extrovert focuses on the outside and get energy through interacting with people and doing things. Judgement type is described as organized, decisive, and orderly. CONCLUSION: Nurses in the extrovert and judgement types were more satisfied with their jobs than those in the introvert and perceptive type. Other results support that educational level, marital status, job characteristics, clinical experiences, motivation for nursing, and night duty were correlated with job satisfaction.
