The personality brokers : the strange history of Myers-Briggs and the birth of personality testing /...
The personality brokers : the strange history of Myers-Briggs and the birth of personality testing /...
The personality brokers : the strange history of Myers-Briggs and the birth of personality testing / Merve Emre.
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Publisher
New York : Doubleday, [2018]
Call Numbers
G 2018/5746
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Language
English
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Physical content
xxii, 307 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Content type
text
still image
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
The cosmic laboratory of baby training -- Women's work -- Meet yourself -- An unbroken series of successful gestures -- Desperate amateurs -- The science of man -- The personality is political -- Sheep and buck -- A perfect spy -- People's capitalism -- The house party approach to testing -- That ho...
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Publisher
New York : Doubleday, [2018]
Edition
First edition.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
[2018]
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Scope and Contents
Summary
"An unprecedented history of the personality test that has achieved cult-like devotion, devised a century ago by a pair of homemakers and found today in boardrooms, classrooms, and beyond. The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator is the most popular personality test in the world. It has been harnessed by Fortune 100 companies, universities, hospitals, churc...
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Full title
The personality brokers : the strange history of Myers-Briggs and the birth of personality testing / Merve Emre.
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Notes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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G 2018/5746
Record Identifier
74VKV8GAvM3M
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKV8GAvM3M
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ISBN
9780385541909 hardcover
0385541902 hardcover
9781101974148 paperback
1101974141 paperback
DDC
155.28
MMS ID
991024190463802626
