Business Definition for: Myers-Briggs Type Indicator

• a psychometric test that identifies four basic preferences in people's behavior. The indicator was created in the 1940s by Katherine Cook Briggs and her daughter Isabel Briggs-Myers. It is based largely on the Jungian theory of personality types. The four preferences identified are made up of pairs of opposites: extraversion and introversion; sensing and intuition; thinking and feeling; and judgment and perception. The indicator provides a framework allowing people to understand themselves and others more fully, as well as encouraging the appreciation of different styles and perceptions. It is often used in team building and in the recruitment process.