A Validity Study of the Salter Environmental Type Assessment

Abstract

The Salter Environmental Type Assessment (SETA) was designed to be a commensurate measure for the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator instrument. To test its utility in the workplace, this study of the SETA was conducted with the Work Environment Scale and a sample of 202 college students. The results appeared consistent with previous research with both assessments and theoretical assumptions behind the two approaches to workplace measurement. The preliminary correlational analysis revealed multiple correlations that supported concurrent validity. To further examine the convergence between the assessments, a principal components factor analysis of the correlational results revealed three factors that accounted for 70% of the variance. Factor 1 appeared related to positive work settings (Extraversion, Intuition, and Feeling with Autonomy, Involvement, Innovation, Peer Cohesion, Supervisor Support, and inversely with Control). The second factor concerned structure in work settings (Judgment with Clarity, Task Orientation, and Physical Comfort). A third factor included Work Pressure and Task Orientation.

Keywords

Person-environment fit work environments Jungian psychology validity career development

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