Many of the challenges facing the accounting profession involve personality characteristics of accountants. Personality theories have generated a rich research stream outside accounting and are widely applied in other disciplines and professions. Yet little research using these theories has been done in accounting. To redress this imbalance, this paper examines Jungian personality‐type psychology—one of the main personality theories—and the major psychometric instrument that has arisen from it—the Myers‐Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI). The MBTI has been extensively tested for reliability and validity, and used in a large number of basic and education research studies. Results from reliability and validity testing indicate that the MBTI reliably measures personality characteristics predicted by Jungian theory. A small amount of published research has been conducted in accounting using the MBTI. These 16 articles are reviewed, with suggestions for additional research.
Skip Nav Destination
Article navigation
1 February 2001
Research Article|
February 01 2001
The Myers‐Briggs Type Indicator and Applications to Accounting Education and Research
Patrick Wheeler
Patrick Wheeler
University of South Florida.
Search for other works by this author on:
Online ISSN: 1558-7983
Print ISSN: 0739-3172
American Accounting Association
2001
Issues in Accounting Education (2001) 16 (1): 125–150.
Citation
Patrick Wheeler; The Myers‐Briggs Type Indicator and Applications to Accounting Education and Research. Issues in Accounting Education 1 February 2001; 16 (1): 125–150. https://doi.org/10.2308/iace.2001.16.1.125
Download citation file:
Pay-Per-View Access
$25.00