An exploratory study was undertaken to investigate the relationship between
personality preference groupings, as described by Jung’s (1959) type theory, and
emotional intelligence, as measured by Bar-On’s emotional intelligence quotient
(Bar-On, 1997). The sample group consisted of 1 121 recruitment candidates for
a South African investment bank. The sixteen personality types, as measured by
the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, were represented in the sample. The statistical
analysis conducted for this study included comparison of means, correlation
analysis and analysis of variance. The results indicated statistically significant
relationships between the preferences of Extroversion, Judgement, their
combined preference grouping and emotional intelligence. No statistically
significant relationships were found between the preference groupings of Intuition
and Thinking, Sensing and Thinking, Intuition and Feeling, and Sensing and
Feeling. The preferred Feeling preference type consistently scored the lowest in
terms of emotional intelligence scores. / Industrial and Organisational Psychology / M.A. (Industrial and Organisational Psychology
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:unisa/oai:uir.unisa.ac.za:10500/3366 |
| Date | 10 1900 |
| Creators | Baptista, Monica Regina Rodrigues |
| Contributors | Barnard, Helené Antoni |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Dissertation |
| Format | 1 online resource (166 leaves) |
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