Personality Type as a Factor in Career Decisions in Hospitality Management

Personality development and change has become increasingly important in understanding how many natural processes occur. Researchers have studied identifiable patterns of preferences that have been proven as underlying factors in career decisions. The purpose of this study was to provide insight into how personality types and preferences are utilized in the process of making a career decision in the hospitality industry. This study investigated whether there was a dominant personality type that influenced the participants\u27 career decision. This study analyzed 162 responses to The Keirsey Temperament Sorter which allowed for each participant to be assigned a personality type according to Jung-Myers typology. Findings showed that the majority of hospitality management students sampled at the University of Central Florida\u27s Rosen College of Hospitality Management were typed as ESFJ. However, no correlation was made between personality type and a specific hospitality industry career segment. Recommendations were made for further study and for continued research into the relationship between personality type and various aspects of the hospitality industry