The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator is a questionnaire designed to categorize respondents based on their answers to 120 questions that test preferences for introversion or extroversion, sensing or intuition, thinking or feeling and judging or perceiving. Although there are 16 different MBTI types, 42 percent of all accounting students fit into just two.
If you are a practical, detail-oriented and organized person such as :,an MBTI type ESTJ or ISTJ you may be drawn to the accounting profession, but you will be more likely to enjoy an accounting career if you are also extroverted, friendly, assertive and optimistic
These characteristics are common among successful and happy accountants
Thinking over feeling
A significant majority of the internal auditors surveyed are likely to tackle problems from a logical, thinking (T) perspective (64% are thinking-dominant on average, with only 22% as feeling-dominant)
People with this personality preference may overestimate the power of rational persuasion as an influencing style
Considering the stereotype of accountants as being shy or socially awkward, it may seem surprising that accounting students are more likely to be extroverted than introverted according to an article in "Accounting Editors' Journal." Another article on career satisfaction among accountants, published in "Individual Differences Research," found that .
Auditors can also examine whether an organization’s objectives are reflected in its management activities, and whether employees understand the objectives
They spend a fair amount of their time reviewing data about material assets, net worth, liabilities, capital stock, surplus, income, and expenditures
Both ESTJ and ISTJ personality types emphasize sensing, thinking and judging. They differ only in being more extroverted or more introverted. People with either the ESTJ or ISTJ personality type tend to be down-to-earth and practical, focused on getting things done in a logical and methodical fashion. They rely on facts rather than on intuition and.
The revised MBTI® Career Report helps point the way by showing you how your type affects your career exploration and discusses the benefits of choosing a job that is a good fit for your type
Common criticisms of the MBTI are misguided
The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) and its spin-offs are among the most popular personality inventories in the world
The MBTI is widely used in organizational workshops to demonstrate how people with similar or different personalities interact with each other
The MBTI® assessment is restricted for purchase, meaning that a person who wants to use it with others in a professional, or consultative way, needs to meet certain criteria and be approved to do so by the publisher of the assessment, The Myers-Briggs Company
DiZoglio has also said she would audit the MBTA if she wins the office following a series of safety incidents and a federal safety inspection
A recent MassINC Polling Group poll found 23% of likely voters said they would vote for Dempsey while 19% said they would vote for DiZoglio
Rapid transit line in Boston
The Blue Line is a rapid transit line in the Greater Boston metropolitan area
One of four rapid transit lines operated by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA).It runs from Bowdoin station in downtown Boston under Boston Harbor to East Boston and Revere on the inner North Shore
Where it terminates at Wonderland.The stop at Airport Station
By way of a free shuttle bus
Is one of two rapid transit connections to Logan International Airport.In 1967
During a systemwide rebranding
The line was assigned the blue color because it passes under the Boston Harbor.With an end-to-end travel time of less than twenty minutes
The Blue Line is the shortest of Boston's heavy-rail lines and the only line to have both third rail and overhead catenary sections.
Light rail system
The Green Line is a semi-metro system run by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) in the Boston
MassachusettsMetropolitan area.It is the oldest MBTA subway line
And with tunnel sections dating from 1897
The oldest subway in North America.It runs underground through downtown Boston
And on the surface into inner suburbs via six branches on radial boulevards and grade-separated alignments.With an average daily weekday ridership of 137
700 in 2019It is the third most heavily used light rail system in the country.The line was assigned the green color in 1967 during a systemwide rebranding because several branches pass through sections of the Emerald Necklace of Boston.
Rapid transit line in Massachusetts, US
The Red Line is a rapid transit line operated by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) as part of the MBTA subway system.The line runs south and east underground from Alewife station in North Cambridge through Somerville and Cambridge
Surfacing to cross the Longfellow Bridge then returning to tunnels under Downtown Boston.It continues underground through South Boston
Splitting into two branches on the surface at JFK/UMass station.The Ashmont branch runs southwest through Dorchester to Ashmont station
Where the connecting light rail Ashmont–Mattapan High Speed Line continues to Mattapan station.The Braintree branch runs southwest through Quincy and Braintree to Braintree station.
Light rail station in Newton, Massachusetts, US
Riverside station is a Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) Green Line light rail station located in the Auburndale village of Newton
Massachusetts.It is the western terminal of the Green Line D branch service.The station is located near the interchange of Interstate 95 and the Massachusetts Turnpike (I-90) and serves as a regional park and ride station.West of the station is Riverside Yard
The main maintenance facility and largest storage yard for the Green Line.The station is fully accessible.
