Questions About The Personality Brokers: The Strange History of Myers-Briggs and the Birth of Personality Testing

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Does this book improve my personality testing?

Mary Not sure, Cristian. But I can endorse the value of publication "Gifts Differing - Understanding Different Personality Types" by Isabel Briggs Myers wi…moreNot sure, Cristian. But I can endorse the value of publication "Gifts Differing - Understanding Different Personality Types" by Isabel Briggs Myers with Peter B. Myers (researcher and former staff director of the National Academy of Sciences in the USA).

Isabel Briggs Myers draws on concepts originated by Carl Jung, which is a good approach. After all, who can dispute an individual's inner and outer "self". Persona and Anima.

As close to the MBTI metric as a source itself, considering its authorship.

ISBN: 978-0-89106-074-1

Clearly, Isabel Briggs Myers provides insight and credibility of MBTI. Some proper perspective on Carl Jung's respected work is another plus for "Gifts Differing" (less)

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Does the book address Isabel Briggs Myers' extreme racism, as evident in her second novel? Discussed in this article: http://digg.com/2015/myers-briggs-secret-history

Yaaresse Yes. Not a lot of time is spent on discussing the fiction, but the author does point out in several places that both Myers and Briggs had deep prejudi…moreYes. Not a lot of time is spent on discussing the fiction, but the author does point out in several places that both Myers and Briggs had deep prejudices. Most of that commentary is centered on their work on the MBTI (and Katharine's political and social views) than on Isabel's fiction, though. (less)

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At the end of the day - will this book reinforce the utility of this tool or diminish confidence in the tool as a resource to help organizations to be more productive?