MYERS-BRIGGS PERSONALITY TYPES OF ADMINISTRATIVE MANAGERS IN LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO EMPLOYEE TURNOVER RATES AND RESIDENT OCCUPANCY RATES.
Contributors: University of Texas at Austin.
Published: 1986
Number of pages: 132
Subjects: Health Sciences, Nursing.
Description: The purpose of this study was to generate hypotheses for future testing through describing individual MBTI personality types and combinations of types making up administrative management teams at the facility level in a group of long-term care facilities owned by one corporation and located in the central United States. A part of the study attempted to determine how particular combinations of personality types related to employee turnover and resident occupancy rates. Out of sixteen variables, only one showed statistical significance at the .05 confidence level.

The sample consisted of 320 subjects from facilities in eight states who filled out and returned MBTI answer sheets to the investigator. One hundred and thirty-four facilities from which both the administrator and the nursing service administrator responded were included in the correlational portion of the study. A demographic profile of the administrative managers indicates that management teams were made up of female members between the ages of 42 and 47 years of age. They had completed a college degree, liked science best when in school and liked their jobs "a lot." The great majority of subjects were sensing, thinking, judging types. In comparison to the general population, there were more introverts in the study sample than would have been expected.

Based on the findings of the study, though the descriptive portion contributes to understanding through identification of the personality types now supervising care in long-term care facilities, no statements can be made indicating a relationship of between MBTI personality types and employee turnover or resident occupancy rates.
Notes: Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 47-05, Section: B, page: 1926.

Thesis (PH.D.)--THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN, 1986.

School code: 0227.