College career planning and employment professionals: A profile and comparison of their personality type with their demographic profile and with their professional orientation.

摘要

The purpose of this research was: to determine whether a consistent profile exists among Career Planning and Employment (CPE) professionals in terms of demographic data, professional orientation and Myers-Briggs Type; to examine whether there were significant differences between CPE professional's demographic profile and Myers-Briggs Type; and to examine whether there were significant differences between CPE professionals' Myers-Briggs Type and professional orientation.; A self-designed CPE Questionnaire and Form G of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator were used on a sample of 119 CPE professionals representing four-year, public institutions in the Southeast.; CPE professionals were most likely to be directors, in their current positions from less than one year to five years, and in the profession from one to five years or 16 years or more. Of the six professional orientations, (Administration, Counseling, Marketing, Teaching, Research, and Technology), CPE professionals liked Marketing and Teaching most and Technology least. They were most likely to hold a Master's degree followed by an earned Doctorate and slightly more likely to be female than male. The most frequent Myers-Briggs types were ESTJ, ENTJ, ISTJ, and ENTP. Of the eight MBTI preferences, they were more likely to be E, N, T, and J; and of the four MBTI combinations of perception and judgment, they were typically NT followed by ST.; The chi-square test of independence showed that there were no significant differences among CPE professionals' Myers-Briggs Type and the demographic variables except for the S-N and J-P variables and number of years in current position, number of years in CPE profession and sex.; The longer CPE professionals had been in their current positions and the longer they had been in the profession, the more likely they were to be S over N and J over P.; Females were twice as likely to be N as S, while males were more likely to be S. Males were twice as likely to be J while females were only slightly more likely to be J.; The chi-square test of independence showed that there were no significant differences between CPE professionals' preferred professional orientation and Myers-Briggs type.