Canadian Archivists: What Types of People Are They?
Abstract
This article reports the results of a national survey on the temperamentof archivists in Canada done in 1998 using the Keirsey Temperament Sorter. Temperament testing and temperament types are discussed in order to provide a wider context for the Canadian survey, which was done to parallel similar surveys ofarchivists in the United States and Australia. Canadian results are presented in tables and comparisons are made to the temperament profile of a world population drawnfrom a number of countries and available electronically. The temperament typing survey is related to the larger demographic survey of Canadian archivists of which it was one part.
RÉSUMÉ
On retrouve dans cet article les résultats d’un sondage national sur lapersonnalité des archivistes au Canada, réalisé en 1998 en utilisant le test de Keirsey (Keirsey Temperament Sorter). Les tests et les types de personnalité sont analysés dans le but de fournir le contexte global du sondage canadien, qui fut réalisé afin defaire des parallèles avec des études similaires effectuées aux États-Unis et en Australie. Les résultats canadiens sont présentés sous forme de tableaux et descomparaisons sont faites avec le portrait des types de personnalité de la population mondiale tel qu’établi par des études faites dans plusieurs pays et accessibles électroniquement. Ce sondage sur la personnalité des archivistes est relié à l’enquête démographique plus large sur les archivistes canadiens dont il forme une partie.
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