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Personality type and performance in an introductory level accounting course : a research note

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  • Clifford Oswick
  • Patrick Barber

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This study examined the psychological type distribution of a cohort of UK-based undergraduate students (n = 344). taking an introductory-level Accounting course as part of a degree in business management. Comparisons were made, using SRTT (selection ratio type tables) analysis, between 'top performers' (the upper quartile) and 'poor performers' (lower quartile) in order to establish whether accounting performance was associated with any of the personality traits identified by the Myers-Briggs type indicator (MBTI). No significant relationships between the MBTI personality traits and accounting performance were found.

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  • Clifford Oswick & Patrick Barber, 1998. "Personality type and performance in an introductory level accounting course : a research note," Accounting Education, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 7(3), pages 249-254.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:accted:v:7:y:1998:i:3:p:249-254
    DOI: 10.1080/096392898331171
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    1. Taran Patel, 2006. "Comparing the Usefulness of Conventional and Recent Personality Assessment Tools," Global Business Review, International Management Institute, vol. 7(2), pages 195-218, August.
    2. Leiby, Justin & Madsen, Paul E., 2017. "Margin of safety: Life history strategies and the effects of socioeconomic status on self-selection into accounting," Accounting, Organizations and Society, Elsevier, vol. 60(C), pages 21-36.
    3. Tanvi Paras Kothari & Sameer Sudhakar Pingle, 2015. "Establishing the Relationship between Marketing Specialization and Personality Traits among Management Students," Paradigm, , vol. 19(2), pages 170-183, December.
    4. Andon, Paul & Chong, Kar Ming & Roebuck, Peter, 2010. "Personality preferences of accounting and non-accounting graduates seeking to enter the accounting profession," CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES ON ACCOUNTING, Elsevier, vol. 21(4), pages 253-265.
    5. Andrew Worthington & Helen Higgs, 2003. "Factors explaining the choice of a finance major: the role of students' characteristics, personality and perceptions of the profession," Accounting Education, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 12(3), pages 261-281.

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