Personality tests have long been utilized to assist in the assessment of individuals. This study analyzes David Keirsey's temperament types and college students intending to major in accounting. The recruiting and retaining of students with qualities and characteristics desired by the accounting profession has historically presented a challenge for accounting departments in higher education (Corkren, Parks, and Morgan, 2013). Relationships were used to determine similarities between various traits of the respondents. Gender, having taken an accounting related high school course, accounting-related work experience and level of college education were all compared with the expectations of Keirsey's temperament types. Students attending a small liberal arts teaching university (Concord University in Athens, West Virginia) and students attending a large research institution (Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia) were used for the study. A quantitative research design was used to conduct this study. Descriptive statistics were utilized to determine frequencies, averages and variability. Chi-square (χ²) analyzed the number of responses in different temperament categories to determine if actual results were significantly different in determining accounting as a major field of study. Students completed a survey consisting of demographic characteristics and the Keirsey Temperament Sorter (KTS II) questionnaire. Personality assessments are increasingly used as a management tool. The findings of this study can benefit employers, college recruiters, educators and students. / Ph. D. / Personality tests have long been utilized to assist in the assessment of individuals. This study analyzes David Keirsey’s temperament types and college students intending to major in accounting. The recruiting and retaining of students with qualities and characteristics desired by the accounting profession has historically presented a challenge for accounting departments in higher education (Corkren, Parks, & Morgan, 2013). Relationships were used to determine similarities between various traits of the respondents. Gender, having taken an accountingrelated high school course, accounting-related work experience and level of college education were all compared with the expectations of Keirsey’s temperament types. Students attending a small liberal arts teaching university (Concord University in Athens, West Virginia) and students attending a large research institution (Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia) were used for the study. A quantitative research design was used to conduct this study. Descriptive statistics were utilized to determine frequencies, averages and variability. Chi-square (χ²) analyzed the number of responses in different temperament categories to determine if actual results were significantly different in determining accounting as a major field of study. Students completed a survey consisting of demographic characteristics and the Keirsey Temperament Sorter (KTS II) questionnaire. Personality assessments are increasingly used as a management tool. The findings of this study can benefit employers, college recruiters, educators and students.

A teoria dos temperamentos de David Kersey indica que há diferentes disposições de agir e comportar-se de acordo com tipos psicológicos. Diferentes temperamentos têm diferentes interpretações dos fatos, reagem de modo distinto a essas interpretações, tomam decisões baseados em diferentes critérios e lidam com as situações de modo diverso. A presente tese pretende tornar os tipos (ideais) de Keirsey (ISTP, ESFJ etc.) visíveis e concretos, por meio da análise de personagens de ficção: a família Barone da série televisiva Everybody Loves Raymond, e assim poder oferecer subsídios para a educação, tornando visíveis, em perfis biográficos, temas nos quais o temperamento deve ser levado em conta por educadores para aperfeiçoar sua compreensão dos educandos. São assim analisados em detalhes, dos personagens bem elaborados de Everybody Loves Raymond, pessoas comuns, vivendo seu quotidiano de acordo com seus tipos de temperamento e mostra-se em vida real um ESFP, uma ESTJ, uma ESFJ, um ISTP e um NF/SJ. Eles nos propiciam um melhor reconhecimento, melhor compreensão e discussão de importantes temas pedagógicos (aprendizagem, concepção de escola, lidar com a culpa e o dever etc.), tal como vivenciados por diferentes tipos de temperamento. / The temperament theory of David Kersey indicates that each individual was born with a disposition to act and behave in certain ways according to his type. People with different temperaments have different interpretations of events, will react to these interpretations in different manners, will make choices based on different criteria, and will deal with situations in different manners. Keirseys theory is also important for education: teachers and parents should take temperament into account in order to improve their understanding of the students. This thesis aims to make Keirseys (ideal) types (ISTP, ESFJ etc.) more concrete by fleshing them out into fictional characters: the Barone family of the TV series Everybody Loves Raymond. Throughout the episodes of the sitcom, we can see three-dimensional and believable characters: ordinary people living ordinary lives according to their temperament types. In Everybody Loves Raymond we have in action, like in real life, an ESFP (Raymond), an ESTJ (Debra), an ESFJ (Marie), an ISTP (Frank) and a NF/SJ (Robert). They make easier to recognize, understand and discuss different types of temperament on important educational matters (learning, conception of the school, guilt, duty etc.)

A teoria dos temperamentos de David Kersey indica que há diferentes disposições de agir e comportar-se de acordo com tipos psicológicos. Diferentes temperamentos têm diferentes interpretações dos fatos, reagem de modo distinto a essas interpretações, tomam decisões baseados em diferentes critérios e lidam com as situações de modo diverso. A presente tese pretende tornar os tipos (ideais) de Keirsey (ISTP, ESFJ etc.) visíveis e concretos, por meio da análise de personagens de ficção: a família Barone da série televisiva Everybody Loves Raymond, e assim poder oferecer subsídios para a educação, tornando visíveis, em perfis biográficos, temas nos quais o temperamento deve ser levado em conta por educadores para aperfeiçoar sua compreensão dos educandos. São assim analisados em detalhes, dos personagens bem elaborados de Everybody Loves Raymond, pessoas comuns, vivendo seu quotidiano de acordo com seus tipos de temperamento e mostra-se em vida real um ESFP, uma ESTJ, uma ESFJ, um ISTP e um NF/SJ. Eles nos propiciam um melhor reconhecimento, melhor compreensão e discussão de importantes temas pedagógicos (aprendizagem, concepção de escola, lidar com a culpa e o dever etc.), tal como vivenciados por diferentes tipos de temperamento. / The temperament theory of David Kersey indicates that each individual was born with a disposition to act and behave in certain ways according to his type. People with different temperaments have different interpretations of events, will react to these interpretations in different manners, will make choices based on different criteria, and will deal with situations in different manners. Keirseys theory is also important for education: teachers and parents should take temperament into account in order to improve their understanding of the students. This thesis aims to make Keirseys (ideal) types (ISTP, ESFJ etc.) more concrete by fleshing them out into fictional characters: the Barone family of the TV series Everybody Loves Raymond. Throughout the episodes of the sitcom, we can see three-dimensional and believable characters: ordinary people living ordinary lives according to their temperament types. In Everybody Loves Raymond we have in action, like in real life, an ESFP (Raymond), an ESTJ (Debra), an ESFJ (Marie), an ISTP (Frank) and a NF/SJ (Robert). They make easier to recognize, understand and discuss different types of temperament on important educational matters (learning, conception of the school, guilt, duty etc.)

Software development requires teams due to size, scope, and location of the project. A few software development team structures have been proposed based on tasks and job descriptions, but no team structure or model has been proposed to assemble software development teams based on individual characteristic and trait differences. This thesis presents two studies that support the argument that a new model needs to be developed for assembling software development teams. A roadmap for developing such a model is presented as the response to the inapplicability of applying current models to software development team assembly. / Master of Science

This writer reviews some of the most influential factors found in studies of adult childparent relationships, including divorce, surrogate parents, coresidency, caregiving, proximity, family size, and gender. Focusing on the "feminine tilt" in family relationships, research reveals explanations such as caregiving, kinkeeping, and gender identity issues. The author proposes the possibility that the female bias in parent-child relationships has more to do with subjective thought process than biological sex. An analysis was conducted on mailed-in-surveys for 264 Kentucky adults, ages 30 to 49, who completed questions pertaining to their communication and closeness with their parents, and one fourth of the Keirsey Temperament Sorter regarding decision making preferences. The study found Feelers communicate significantly more with, and feel significantly closer to, parents than do Thinkers. Feeling daughters have more communication and greater closeness with parents than Thinking daughters. Feeling sons report more closeness with mothers than Thinking sons, and more communication and greater closeness to fathers than Thinking daughters. Daughters report more communication and closeness with mothers than sons. Suggestions for future research include using a much larger sample of strong temperament typed respondents.

Thesis (D. Min.)--Northern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2008. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 245-252).

Thesis (D. Min.)--Erskine Theological Seminary, 2008. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 196-200).

The purpose of this study was to determine if there is a different personality trait between Department of Children's Services, intake and carrier workers. If there is a difference, does it effect job satisfaction when the worker is placed in a position that is not compatible with their personality trait?