Some specifics of Czech recreation and leisure studies’ students: Personality types based on MBTI

Autor: Ivo Jirásek, Tereza Janošíková, David Češka, Filip Sochor
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Journal of Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism Education. 29:100315
ISSN: 1473-8376
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhlste.2021.100315
Popis: Personality type has a significant relationship with a number of personality traits and behaviours that have a direct impact on success in practice, including the field of recreation and leisure (recreology). Hitherto, the possibility of research that monitors the preferred personality types according to the MBTI typology in these students has not been used. Therefore, we conducted a questionnaire survey (n = 180) and also asked a number of respondents to create a pictorial representation of the study field of recreology (n = 53). The results show that we can perceive certain differences from the general population, thus characterizing the specific features of students in the field of recreology. The most represented types among the respondents were ENFP (14.8%) and ENFJ (14.5%) out of a total of 16 possibilities. With regard to possible cognitive types, almost half of the sample belongs to the NF type, which is called “heuristic”. In comparison with other research studies, it is evident that the “systematic” ST type, which, on the contrary, is characteristic of professions such as engineers or accounting, is relatively less represented among students heading into the field of recreation and leisure services.
Databáze: OpenAIRE