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Most people on training courses experience personality tests of various sorts. Some rather enjoy them; others are skeptical about their usefulness. Old hands have been MBTI-ed to death, whilst some trainers favor more fashionable measures such as emotional intelligence. They are meant to help self-awareness and give psychological insights into “personality clashes.” Bit of harmless fun, perhaps?
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© 2011 Adrian Furnham
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Furnham, A. (2011). IQ testing at work. In: Managing People in a Downturn. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230307209_37
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