Date of Award
Summer 8-2011
Degree Type
Masters Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Department
Economic and Workforce Development
Committee Chair
Chad Miller
Committee Chair Department
Economic and Workforce Development
Committee Member 2
Brent Hales
Committee Member 2 Department
Economic and Workforce Development
Committee Member 3
Brian Richard
Committee Member 3 Department
Economic and Workforce Development
Abstract
Personality assessment has been established through previous literature as a viable tool in organizational contexts in different job fields (Hough & Dilchert, 2010; Rothstein & Goffin, 2006). The field of economic development has seen little application of personality assessment to aspiring professionals within the discipline. This research hoped to establish distinct personality typologies within economic development by bifurcating the field into two sectors of (a) business recruitment, retention, and expansion and (b) entrepreneurship developers and community developers. Participants were asked to complete the Personal Preferences Self-Description Questionnaire (Thompson, 1996) after distinguishing within which of the two realms they were employed. Results show no significant difference on any of the four Jungian personality preferences between groups indicating false inferences that the two groups maintain different personalities. Future researchers should consider evaluating economic developers as one entity rather than differentiating sectors.
Copyright
2011, Brittani Elizabeth Plaisance
Recommended Citation
Plaisance, Brittani Elizabeth, "The Application of Personality Assessment to Suggest Appropriate Employment in Various Fields Within Economic Development" (2011). Master's Theses. 214.
https://aquila.usm.edu/masters_theses/214