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. 2021 Oct 20;12:717670. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.717670
Jungian Personality Styles (measured with MBTI) with Other Attributes and Outcomes (see under “Construct”)
Author (year) Construct Measure assessing the construct Sample description Jurisdiction Key findings
PUBarrett (1991) Congenial classroom environment The Stern Classroom Environment Index (Stern, 1971) 34 vocational teachers and their 622 students the United States P+; J teachers S+; N+ teachers; but S teachers as more than N teachers, unexpectedly
Non−sig.Brown and Reilly (2009) Transformational leadership the Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire (Bass and Avolio, 1990) 408 leaders and 2,411 followers the United States Leaders' self-ratings: N+ ; S; Subordinates' ratings of their leaders: non-significant
Chambers et al. (2003) Willingness to use educational technology A 20-item questionnaire (Callister and Burbules, 1990) 164 novice teachers the United States N+; S
Chenhall and Morris (1991) Resource allocation decision-making behaviors A brief case study of decisions on relevance of opportunity costs 64 middle- and senior-level managers France N managers were more thoughtful than S managers
Choong and Britton (2007) Creativity The Values in Action Inventory of Strengths (Peterson and Seligman, 2004) 98 adult volunteers the United States N+; S
Dollinger et al. (2004) Creativity the Creativity Behavior Inventory (Hocevar, 1979); the Creative Personality Scale (Gough, 1979); and the Test for Creative Thinking - Drawing Production (Urban and Jellen, 1996) 94 undergraduate students the United States N+; S
Furnham (1996) Big 5 PTs NEO-PI (Costa and McCrae, 1985) 160 middle to senior managers the United Kingdom N+, P+; S, J with openness
Furnham et al. (2003) Big 5 PTs NEO-PI - Form S (Costa and McCrae, 1985) 900 British adults the United Kingdom N+; S with openness
Furnham et al. (2007) Big 5 PTs NEO-PI (Costa and McCrae, 1985) over 3,000 managers the United Kingdom N+, P+; S, J with openness
Furnham et al. (2009) Creativity The Consequences test (Christensen et al., 1953) 2603 middle and senior managers of multinational communication organizations the United Kingdom N+, P+; S, J
FUGentry et al. (2007) Managerial derailment The observer-form of BENCHMARKS (Lombardo and McCauley, 1994) 6,124 managers the United States N+; P+
PUHautala (2006) Transformational leadership the Leadership Practices Inventory (Posner and Kouzes, 1988) 439 leaders and 380 subordinates Finland Leaders' self-ratings: N+ and P+; [Subordinates' ratings of their leaders: S+ (unexpected)]
Hough and Ogilvie (2005) Leaders' behaviors in a simulated strategic decision-making environment Decisiveness and perceived effectiveness in responding to problems in “The Looking Glass Experience” (a week-long seminar) 749 experienced managers the United States N managers made most effective decisions; S managers made least effective decisions.
Houtz et al. (1994) Creative thinking The Torrance Test of Creative Thinking (Torrance, 1984) 46 pre-service teachers the United States N+, P+; S, J
Kagan and Smith (1988) Teachers' classroom behaviors Teacher Structure Checklist (Webster, 1972), records of the frequency of six types of verbal behaviors, and a classroom map 51 kindergarten teachers the United States N+, P+ positively with child-centered; S+, J+ negatively with teacher-centered
MacDonald et al. (1994) Big 5 PTs NEO-PI - Form S (Costa and McCrae, 1985) 209 university students Canada N+; S with openness
Mills (2003) Teaching excellence Award-winning versus non-award-winning 63 exemplary teachers and 1,128 middle school teachers the United States Compared with the normative teachers, the exemplary teachers were more intuitive but less sensing
**1 Moutafi et al. (2007) Organizational seniority Self-reported managerial level 900 adults the United Kingdom N+; S
Munro et al. (2012) Character strengths The Values in Action Inventory of Strengths (Peterson and Seligman, 2004) 69 pre-service teachers South Africa N+; S with transcendence
Overbay et al. (2009) Dispositional resistance to change The Resistance to Change Scale (Oreg, 2003) 237 elementary and middle school teachers the United States N; S+
Purcell and Wilcox (2007) Satisfaction in using educational technology A short reflection paper 56 pre-service teachers the United States N+; S
Quenk (1966) Optimism Daydreams recorded over 10 days 57 adults the United States N+
Reid (1999) Job Satisfaction the Maslach Burnout Inventory - Form Ed (Maslach and Jackson, 1981) 189 female elementary school teachers the United States N+
Ross et al. (2005) Dogmatism The Troldahl-Powell Dogmatism Scale (1965) 422 female pre-service teachers the United Kingdom N, P; S+, J+
Rushton et al. (2006) Teaching excellence Award-winning versus non-award-winning 39 school district-level Teacher of the Year (ToY) recipients; 993 school teachers the United States ToY recipients: N+, P+; Normative teachers: S+, J+
Rushton et al. (2007) Teaching excellence Award-winning versus non-award-winning 58 exemplary teachers; 993 school teachers the United States The exemplary teachers were more intuitive and perceiving than the two “normative” groups
PUSchmidt (1989) Teaching behaviors the researcher's live observation of a one-hour lesson of each participant 43 graduate associate instructors the United States N+; S with reinforcement, approval, and teacher modeling; J+; P- with reinforcement (unexpected)
Smith et al. (1995) Willingness to use educational technology A 20-item questionnaire (Callister and Burbules, 1990) 138 teachers the United States N+; S
Srivastava et al. (2010) Creativity the Barron-Welsh Art Scale (Barron, 1963), the Adjective Checklist Creative Personality Scale (Gough, 1979), and the Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking - Figural and Verbal versions (Torrance, 1990) 32 bipolar disorder patients, 21 unipolar major depressive disorder patients, 22 creative controls, and 42 healthy controls the United States N+; S
Non−sig.Vaughan and Knapp (1963) Pessimism 25 items describing an optimistic and a pessimistic outlook 75 male undergraduates the United States Not statistically significant
Walla (1988) Congenial classroom environment Classroom Environment Index (long form, CEI-971) - students' evaluation of teachers 34 vocational teachers and 638 vocational students the United States N+, P+; S, J teachers
PUWatson and Hillison's (1991) Job Satisfaction The Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire (Weiss et al., 1967) 63 teachers the United States S-P (P unexpected)
Yang and Lin (2004) Creativity the Chopsticks Creativity Test (Wu, 1998) 1119 male students of a senior high school Taiwan N+; S
Carless (1999) Big 5 PTs The NEO-PI-R (Costa and McCrae, 1992) 139 working adults and students Australia A+ with openness (for both genders);
A+ with openness (for males)
Costa et al. (1984) Big 3 Personality traits The Neuroticism-Extraversion-Openness Inventory (Costa and McCrae, 1980) 394 adults the United States A+; C with openness (for both gemders)
I+ with openness (for females)
De Fruyt and Mervielde (1997) Big 5 PTs The NEO-PI-R (Costa and McCrae, 1992) 934 university students Belgium A+; I+ with openness
Fu (2017) Achievement motivation The Achievement Motivations Measure - Revised (Elliot and Murayama, 2008) 282 university students mainland China I+ with performance approach;
C+ with mastery avoidance and performance avoidance
Gade et al. (1988) Educational satisfaction Survey of Study Habits and Attitudes (Brown and Holtzman, 1967) 596 Native American school students Canada I+; R
Gottfredson et al. (1993) Big 5 PTs The NEO-PI (Costa and McCrae, 1985) 725 Navy trainees the United States A+ with openness (for both males and females)
I+ with openness (for females).
Holland et al. (1994) Big 5 PTs The NEO-PI (Costa and McCrae, 1989) 298 adults the United States A+; I+ with openness (both genders);
I with neuroticism (males)
Kelly and Kneipp (2009) Creativity Scale of Creative Attributes and Behaviors (Kelly, 2004) 115 undergraduate students the United States A+ with all five creativity components.
R+ with spontaneity
Larson and Borgen (2002) Big 5 PTs The NEO-PI-R (Costa and McCrae, 1992) 323 adolescents the United States A+; I+ with openness
Schinka et al. (1997) Big 5 PTs The NEO-PI-R (Costa and McCrae, 1992) 1,034 working adults the United States A+; I+; C with openness
Tokar and Swanson (1995) Big 5 PTs The NEO Five-Factor Inventory (Costa and McCrae, 1992) 679 employed adults the United States A+; I+; C with openness
Tokar et al. (1995) Big 5 PTs The NEO-PI (Costa and McCrae, 1985) 193 university students the United States A+; I+ with openness
Wiggins (1976) Job satisfaction The Job Satisfaction Blank (Hoppock, 1935) 110 teachers of the educable mentally disabled the United States I+; R, C
Wiggins et al. (1983) Job satisfaction the Job Satisfaction Blank (Hoppock, 1935) 247 teachers the United States I+; R
Zhang (2008) Big 5 PTs the NEO-FFI (Costa and McCrae, 1992) 79 second-year university students Hong Kong A+ with openness; C+ with conscientiousness

FU, Fully unexpected; PU, Partially unexpected; MBTI, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator; N, Intuitive; S, Sensing; P, Perceiving; J, Judging; SDS, Self-Directed Search; SVSDS, Short-version Self-Directed Search; VPI, Vocational Preference Inventory; A, Artistic, I, Investigative, C, Conventional, R, Realistic; Big 5 PTs, Big Five personality traits; NEO-PI, NEO Personality Inventory; NEO-PI-R, NEO Personality Inventory-Revised; +Positively associated with the attribute/outcome variable concerned; and Negatively associated with the attribute/outcome variable concerned.