Title :
A Multicultural Comparison of Engineering Students
Author :
Seddugum, Z.S. ; Capretz, Luiz Fernando
Author_Institution :
King Fahd Univ. of Pet., Dhahran
Abstract :
A multicultural personality profile of engineering students is presented in this work. The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) was used as an instrument to sort personality types of engineering students at both King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals in Saudi Arabia and University of Western Ontario in Canada. The paper discusses the differences and similarities in the personality profile of Saudi and Canadian engineering students and its implications for engineering education in the light of the MBTI scales
Keywords :
educational institutions; engineering education; psychology; Canadian engineering students; King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals; Myers-Briggs Type Indicator; Saudi engineering students; University of Western Ontario; engineering students; multicultural comparison; personality profile; Chemistry; Decision making; Engineering education; Engineering students; Human factors; Information analysis; Instruments; Minerals; Petroleum; Problem-solving;
Conference_Titel :
Information and Communication Technologies, 2006. ICTTA '06. 2nd
Conference_Location :
Damascus
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9521-2
DOI :
10.1109/ICTTA.2006.1684984
