Developing Leaders: Research and Applications in Psychological Type and Leadership Development - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0891060820 ISBN 13: 9780891060826

Publisher: UNKNO, 1997

Synopsis

This volume is an essential reference for practitioners and researchers who work with the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator personality inventory in conjunction with leadership and management development. The seventeen articles collected hear provide current research findings, comparisons of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator with other instruments, and specific uses of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator within a leadership development practice.

About this title

About the Author

Catherine Fitzgerald, Ph.D., is principal of Fitzgerald Consulting, which specializes in executive coaching and leadership development. She is a faculty member of the Association for Psychological Type, the National Leadership Institute of the University of Maryland University College, and the University of Maryland School of Public Affairs. She was chairperson of the 1994 International Research Conference on Leadership and the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, sponsored by the National Leadership Institute. She has a Ph.D. in psychology from the State University of New York in Buffalo.

Linda K. Kirby, Ph.D., is a writer and trainer. She coauthored The Challenge of Change in Organizations, Introduction to Type Dynamics and Development, and coedited Introduction to Type, 5th edition. She is coordinator of the MBTI Qualifying Training Program of the Association for Psychological Type and leads qualifying training programs and advanced application courses in the U.S., Canada, U.K., Australia, and New Zealand. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Colorado and was an assistant professor and director of the women's studies program at Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio.

From the Inside Flap

An essential reference for professionals in organizational psychology, management, and human resources, Developing Leaders brings together for the first time the latest research and applications on how the MBTI can be used in leadership and management development.

The collection of chapters provides an overview of the MBTI and leadership, and explores how psychological type supports changing views about leadership. It is the latest review of the research on type and leadership and proposes new approaches to this research. It demonstrates how practitioners can use the MBTI with more depth and impact through the application of type dynamics, type development, and the MBTI Step II. And, finally, it presents information about using the MBTI with other key development tools, including other psychological instruments, 360-degree feedback instruments, and management simulations.

Specific chapters illustrate the connections between psychologocal type and such topics as strategic decision-making style, leadership of organizational change efforts, communication style, strategic planning, and willingness of managers to change after feedback.

Edition details

• Publisher: UNKNO
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0891060820
• ISBN 13: 9780891060826
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 552
• Editor: Fitzgerald Catherine, Kirby Linda