Understanding personality differences in software organizations using Keirsey Temperament Sorter

In recent years, there has been an increasing interest in exploring personality differences to improve work experience in software organizations. This study presents a personality assessment process conducted on 382 software practitioners using the Keirsey Temperament Sorter II (KTS-II). The primary goal of this assessment is to explore the personality temperaments of software practitioners working in different types of software development organizations. In addition, a novel visualization approach is proposed for arranging temperaments using a periodic table-like structure. The results suggest that our approach provides an e ective means to investigate an organizations personality profile while assessing personality types.