Revisiting Personality Bias in Total Enterprise Simulations

Abstract

Group personality composition does affect total enterprise simulation results when the competitors are full-time employed business students. In this study, the information processing and decision-making preferences, as measured by the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) instrument, correlate highly with performance results using the Multinational Management Game with full-time employed undergraduate student teams. The correlation is r = .747, and this value is consistent with the previous findings using fulltime employed graduate teams--.627, .707, and .787. These results contrast sharply with failed attempts to demonstrate the same relationship with undergraduate, full-time student teams of smaller sizes using the same total enterprise simulations. This distinction and its consequences are suggested as important, future ABSEL research directions.