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Information-processing and decision-making preferences, as measured by the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) instrument, correlate highly with performance results in two of the three total enterprise (TE) simulations used in this study. For MICROMA17C, the performance correlation is r = .707, and for the Multinational Management Game it is r = .787. For CORPORA TION, the comparable result is r = -.002. Nevertheless, overall performance patterns are identical for all three. High-performing teams lead in the beginning periods, and their lead grows as the competition continues. These phenomena indicate not only the need to check for other kinds of simulation biases, but also they open an entirely new design area of intentionally biased simulations. Such simulations have extensive research possibilities as well as numerous practical training applications.

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bias CORPORATION decision making information processing intuitive MBTI MICROMATIC Multinational Management Game performance simulation total enterprise training

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Personality Bias in Total Enterprise Simulations

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