The Influence of Myers-Briggs Type and Group Dynamics Factors on Total Enterprise Performance

Abstract

This study was primarily concerned with the relative influence of individual personality and group dynamics factors on total enterprise performance. Specifically, it hypothesized that the personality characteristic Myers-Briggs type (MBT) does not predict TEL performance, that instead group dynamics variables such as group cohesion and degree of organization have a greater impact. In general, the results were inconclusive as to whether MBT influenced TE performance. However a stepwise multiple regression showed that group dynamics variables influenced performance, while MBT did not. Performance varied with the degree to which groups seemed alert, arranged and directed, the degree to which people felt close to their teammates and the degree to which they felt that their teammates contributed.