TYPE A BEHAVIOR THROUGH THE TAINTED LENSES OF A PERSONOLOGIST
Keywords:
Type A behavior pattern, personality, CPI, SWSAbstract
The present study focuses on identifying personality variates of the TABP. The California Psychological Inventory and the Survey of Work Styles were administered on a number of 53 salesmen, seeking to evaluate the way a personality measure would predict behavioral indicators associated with TABP. The analysis suggests interesting correlational patterns and regression analysis has shown the possibility of delineating regression equations predicting the Type A/B distinction and five of the six behaviors associated with TABP, with percentages between 27% and 54% of the concept variance.
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