The Korea Local Administration Review

The purpose of this study is to empirically analyze the relationship between personality type using MBTI(Myers-Briggs Type Indicator) and self-leadership of local government officials. Recently, in an unpredictable era as COVID-19, the limitations of traditional leadership centered on instructions and command based on authoritarian hierarchies are revealed. Interest in self-leadership, which values partnerships based on the autonomy of members of the organization, is increasing. Self-leadership is that members themselves become their own leaders, control themselves, and act autonomously, and is expected to be highly related to the individual characteristics of members of the organization. A survey was conducted on public officials working at Muan County Office in Jeollanamdo. The collected data were analyzed by ANOVA and regression analysis using SPSS. According to research results, MBTI temperament is significantly associated with self-leadership. The level of self-leadership of the NF type and the NT type is significantly higher than that of the SJ type, respectively. These findings suggest that organizational managers need a self leadership enhancement strategy program based on understanding one’s MBTI temperament.