Temperaments of intercollegiate athletics directors within NCAA divisions I, II, III and the NCAA

The purpose of this study was to ascertain whether athletics directors (AOs) at NAIA and NCAA Division 1, 11, and III institutions possessed similar temperaments. Two divisions of data were included in this research, demographics relationships and temperaments of athletics directors. Each division of data were analyzed in three ways (a) total group data, (b) data by division of athletics, and (c) data by gender.

The Keirsey Temperament Sorter, a 70-item personality and temperament assessment questionnaire was used as the instrument of measure for AD temperament style. A random sample of 100 athletics directors, both male and female, representing intercollegiate athletics departments at institutions located in the southeastern United States were selected for participation.

The results revealed that athletics directors shared likenesses unto each other both across divisions of athletics and across gender lines. The results indicated that differences in bylaws and regulations set forth by intercollegiate governing bodies are not reflected in personality and temperament characteristics of the directors who oversee programs within those divisions. Three temperament typologies, ESTJ, ISTJ, and ESFJ constituted the majority of subjects. Three of the four temperament styles were represented, however, SJ temperament subjects vastly outnumbered both NFs and NTs. No SP temperaments were discovered.

This study determined that intercollegiate athletics directors do indeed possess similar temperaments. In general, homogeneity of temperament types and styles exists among intercollegiate athletics directors.