The Application of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator to Human Resource Management System in China

Abstract: The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator has long been an important personality assessment instrument in human resource management. It helps managers to recruit employees, assign tasks, build employee relations and measure performance. With the economic reform and opening-up policy that accelerated worldwide coordination, it was introduced in China. The study, taking a literature review approach and comparative approach, aims to explore how the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator is used in Chinas human resource management system. And through the analysis of the development and status of Chinas human resource management, and the comparison with Self-directed Search and Big Five Personality Theory, to see if there is room for improvement in its use in the future. The result shows that most of the research and use of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator in China is about recruiting. It can be developed in team building and performance evaluation in the future, like The Big Five Personality Theory. And also in assigning tasks.