A Study on the Associations between “Playing the role of doubt-person in team exercises” and “Psychological types”

Abstract

This study aimed to verify whether there were linkages between“people who performed/non- performed as a doubt person in team exercises”and“individual Jung’s psychological types”．The subjects of this survey were 335 (265 men and 70 women，mean age±SD＝18.7±0.8 years）．Statistical tests (Fisher exact test，Residual analysis) were performed on them. The results suggested that there were certain linkage’s pattern between them under the condition of “not high enough situation of team psychological safety”．Firstly，there was a statistically significant linkage between “people who performed”and “extraversion” (p < .01), whereas there was a statistically significant linkage between “people who non-performed”and “introversion” (p < .01)．Secondly，there was a statistically significant linkage between“people who performed”and “extraversion and sensing” (p < .05), whereas there was a statistically significant linkage between“people who non-performed”and “introversion and sensing” (p < .05)．Thirdly，there was a statistically significant linkage between“people who performed”and “extraversion and thinking” (p < .05), whereas there was a statistically significant linkage between“people who non-performed”and “introversion and feeling” (p < .05)．While the results should be treated as a tentative, they can be used as a clue of preventing phenomena concerning “failure to indicate” in teams that challenge to achieve a goal through collaboration.