The cult of personality testing
how personality tests are leading us to miseducate our children, mismanage our companies, and misunderstand ourselves
by Annie Murphy Paul · first published 2005
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This book tells the surprising and disturbing story of the tests that claim to capture human nature. It goes behind the scenes to discover how personality tests are used in America's companies, its courts, its schools, and in organizations from churches to community centers to dating services. It exposes the serious flaws of personality tests, explaining why their results are often invalid, unreliable, and unfair.
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