Determinants of the Risk-Taking Attitude among Small Equity Investors

2020 ◽  
pp. 177-192
Author(s):  
Imran Ali ◽  
Saleh Al-Sabaan ◽  
Saud Mandurah
Keyword(s):  
Personality Traits ◽  
Conceptual Model ◽  
Personal Control ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
Demographic Variables ◽  
Cultural Factor ◽  
Behavioral Biases ◽  
Structure Equation Model ◽  
Perceived Personal Control ◽  
Survey Approach

This study explores the personality traits, perceived personal control, behavioral biases, culture, and socio-demographics in determining individual equity investor's risk assumption attitude. The study uses a survey approach to collect responses from small equity investors. A conceptual model is developed and hypotheses are tested through structure equation model (SEM). The result identifies personality traits, perceived personal control, behavioral biases, cultural factor and socio-demographic variables as strong determinants of small equity investor's risk assumption attitude.

Determinants of the Risk-Taking Attitude among Small Equity Investors

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Imran Ali ◽  
Saleh Al-Sabaan ◽  
Saud Mandurah
Keyword(s):  
Personality Traits ◽  
Risk Taking ◽  
Personal Control ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
Demographic Variables ◽  
Cultural Factor ◽  
Behavioral Biases ◽  
Structure Equation Model ◽  
Perceived Personal Control ◽  
Survey Approach

This study explores the personality traits, perceived personal control, behavioral biases, culture, and socio-demographics in determining individual equity investor's risk assumption attitude. The study uses a survey approach to collect responses from small equity investors. A conceptual model is developed and hypotheses are tested through structure equation model (SEM). The result identifies personality traits, perceived personal control, behavioral biases, cultural factor and socio-demographic variables as strong determinants of small equity investor's risk assumption attitude.

scholarly journals Self-employment intentions among the universities’ students in Malaysia

2013 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 456-463
Author(s):  
Norhazlin Ismail ◽  
Nahariah Jaffar ◽  
Tan Siow Hooi
Keyword(s):  
Personal Control ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Small Enterprises ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Business Outcomes ◽  
The Public ◽  
Self Employment ◽  
Entrepreneurial Attitudes ◽  
Perceived Personal Control ◽  
Survey Approach

This study aims to explore the self-employment intentions of the universities’ students in Malaysia. With the growing number of graduates every year, and growing funds created to assist small enterprises in Malaysia, self-employment may be one option available to them to start on their careers. Entrepreneurial Attitude Orientation (EAO) scale was used to measure the students’ entrepreneurial attitudes. Specifically, the EAO attitude subscales are achievement in business, innovation in business, perceived personal control of business outcomes and perceived self-esteem in business. A survey approach was adopted by sending questionnaires to 2000 students of the public and private universities that are listed under tier 5 (Excellent) in the Malaysia Quality Agency SETARA rating of year 2011. The results show that personal control, self-esteem and innovation were found to have significant and positive relationships with self-employment intention. Meanwhile achievement was found to have no significant relationship with self-employment intention. These findings provide important insight to relevant parties to embed more entrepreneurial curriculum or seminar to educate and guide universities students besides, promoting and producing a positive image of entrepreneurship as a career.

scholarly journals An Analysis of the Relation between Personality and the Attractiveness of Total Rewards Components

2008 ◽  
Vol 63 (3) ◽  
pp. 425-453 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christian Vandenberghe ◽  
Sylvie St-Onge ◽  
Évelyne Robineau
Keyword(s):  
Personality Traits ◽  
Big Five ◽  
Demographic Variables ◽  
Big Five Personality Traits ◽  
Big Five Personality ◽  
Career Opportunities ◽  
Total Rewards ◽  
Variable Pay ◽  
Survey Approach

This study examines the links between personality and the relative attraction of various total rewards components. A survey approach is adopted, with 967 individuals completing a questionnaire. These individuals are currently employed. Results show that, after controlling for the effects of several demographic variables, “Big-Five” personality traits do affect individuals’ attraction to the following total rewards components: quality of work and of social relationships, development and career opportunities, variable pay, indirect pay, flexibility of working conditions, and prestige. Among Big-Five personality traits, openness to experience best predicts the relative importance employees give to the various total rewards components.

scholarly journals Exploring COVID-19 Anxiety in Iranian Adult Based on Health Literacy by Moderating Demographic Variables: A Structural Equation Model

Heliyon ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. e07336
Author(s):  
Fatemeh Mohammadkhah ◽  
Abbas Shamsalinia ◽  
Fatemeh Shirinkam ◽  
Mahboubeh Daneshnia ◽  
Amaneh Mahmoudian ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Literacy ◽  
Structural Equation Model ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
Demographic Variables

Demographic Variables, Delay Discounting Models and Dysfunctional Personality Traits as Predictors of Financial Risk-Tolerance Among Community-Dwelling Italian Adults

2021 ◽  
pp. 026010792110321
Author(s):  
Antonella Somma ◽  
Rebecca Sergi ◽  
Chiara Pagliara ◽  
Clelia Di Serio ◽  
Andrea Fossati
Keyword(s):  
Personality Traits ◽  
Linear Combination ◽  
Delay Discounting ◽  
Financial Risk ◽  
Short Form ◽  
Demographic Variables ◽  
Risk Tolerance ◽  
Community Dwelling ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Financial Risk Tolerance

To evaluate the effect of demographic variables, delay discounting and dysfunctional personality traits on financial risk tolerance (FRT), 281 community-dwelling adults were administered the Italian translations of the Risk-Tolerance Scale (RTS), Monetary Choice Questionnaire, Probability Discounting Questionnaire, and Personality Inventory for DSM-5-Short Form (PID-5-SF) self-report questionnaires through an online platform. Hierarchical robust regression results showed that the linear combination of demographic variables (gender and active worker status), delay discounting measures and selected PID-5-SF trait scale scores (i.e., Attention Seeking and Risk Taking) explained roughly 39% of the RTS total score. As a whole, our findings underscore the role of demographic characteristics, dysfunctional personality traits and delay discounting in FRT expression. As a result, FRT is likely to represent the linear combination of several factors that should be assessed in order to understand FRT and prevent erroneous choices among lay investors.

Social Comparison for Concern and Action on Climate Change, Racial Injustice, and COVID-19

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Virginia Ulichney ◽  
Johanna Jarcho ◽  
Thomas Shipley ◽  
joy ham ◽  
Chelsea Helion
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Social Comparison ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Personal Control ◽  
Personal Concern ◽  
Racial Injustice ◽  
Negative Impacts ◽  
Perceived Personal Control

Preventing the negative impacts of major, intersectional U.S. social issues hinges on personal concern and willingness to take action. We examined social comparison of COVID-19, racial injustice, and climate change during Fall 2020. Participants in a U.S. university sample (n = 288), reported personal levels of concern and action taken on these issues, and estimated their peers’ concern and action. Participants accurately estimated similar levels of personal and peer concern for racial injustice and climate change, but overestimated peer concern for COVID-19. At higher personal concern levels, people estimated that they took greater action than peers for all issues. Exploratory analyses found that perceived personal control over social issues increased participants’ concern and action for racial injustice and climate change, but yielded no change for COVID-19. This suggests that issue-specific features, including perceived controllability, may drive people to differently assess their experience of distinct social issues relative to peers.

Personality traits and firm innovation performance: the mediation effect of entrepreneurial innovativeness

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Chi Thi Phuong Nguyen ◽  
Duong Tuan Nguyen ◽  
Hang Thu Nguyen
Keyword(s):  
Personality Traits ◽  
Indirect Effects ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
Openness To Experience ◽  
Innovation Performance ◽  
Mediation Effect ◽  
Firm Innovation ◽  
Content Type

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the effect of entrepreneurs’ personality traits on firm innovation performance through the mediation role of entrepreneurs’ innovativeness. Design/methodology/approach The data consist of 2,574 firms from a survey of small and medium-scale manufacturing enterprises (SMEs) in Vietnam, a developing and transitioning economy where SMEs constitute an integral part of the economy. The estimation results based on the structural equation model was applied to analyze the data. Findings The results indicate that an entrepreneur’s innovativeness is positively associated with his extraversion, conscientiousness, and openness to experience but negatively accompanied with his neuroticism. Besides, the three traits – openness to experience, conscientiousness and extraversion have positive indirect effects, while neuroticism has a negative indirect effect on technological improvement and new technology adoption. However, the effects of agreeableness on entrepreneurial innovativeness and firm innovation performance are insignificant. In addition, the diverse backgrounds of the entrepreneur such as education and ethnics are also found to influence his innovativeness and to have indirect effects on firm innovation performance. Originality/value This study may contribute to the immature literature on the entrepreneurial process within SMEs by presenting empirical evidence on the relationship between entrepreneurial personality traits and firm innovation with a large sample of SMEs in Vietnam, an emerging economy where SMEs constitute an integral part of the economy.

scholarly journals Investigating the Extent to Which Personality Traits and Demographics Affect Job Satisfaction

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 70 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Sajid Saeed
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Demographic Variables ◽  
The Other ◽  
Retail Sector ◽  
Primary Concern ◽  
Different Types ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Ranking Analysis

The primary concern of this paper is to investigatethe extent to which three variables (i.e. personality traits, demographic variables, and job satisfaction) are interrelated with each other and what effect they have on each other in relation to the UK retail sector. The four different types of retail stores i.e. Tesco, Primark, Ikea and WH Smith were selected for survey purpose to minimise the class biasness.Total 300 close-ended questionnaires were distributed and 220 responses were obtained.The findings reveal that ‘Neuroticism’ is negatively associated with job satisfaction as well as with ‘Extraversion’. However, it is positively correlated with other three personality groups including ‘Agreeableness’, ‘Conscientious’, and ‘Openness’. On the other hand, ‘Openness to experience’ has a negative relationship with ‘Agreeableness’.It is also found from the ranking analysis that employees with ‘Agreeableness’ and ‘Conscientiousness’ personalities are more successful in their career and consequently they are more satisfied with their jobs.

scholarly journals The Arts as a Catalyst for Human Prosociality and Cooperation

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 664-674 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julie Van de Vyver ◽  
Dominic Abrams
Keyword(s):  
Personality Traits ◽  
Charitable Giving ◽  
Social Activity ◽  
Demographic Variables ◽  
Sustainable Society ◽  
Longitudinal Sample ◽  
The Arts ◽  
Nationally Representative ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Arts Engagement

We tested the hypothesis that engagement in the arts may act as a catalyst that promotes prosocial cooperation. Using “Understanding Society” data (a nationally representative longitudinal sample of 30,476 people in the UK), we find that beyond major personality traits, demographic variables, wealth, education, and engagement in other social activity (sports), people’s greater engagement with the arts predicts greater prosociality (volunteering and charitable giving) over a period of 2 years. The predictive effect of prosociality on subsequent arts engagement is significantly weaker. The evidence is consistent with the hypothesis that the arts provide an important vehicle for facilitating a cohesive and sustainable society. Fostering a society in which engagement in the arts is encouraged and accessible to all may provide an important counter to economic, cultural, and political fracture and division.

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