Essays about: "Big Five Personality Traits"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 40 essays containing the words Big Five Personality Traits.

  1. 11. Who’s managing earnings? A personality study of earnings management - Using algorithms to analyze how CEO personality traits engage in earnings management

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Kenneth Holmberg; Victor Appelgren; [2021-06-24]
    Keywords : Earnings management; Big Five Personality Traits; Chief executive officer;

    Abstract : Extensive research explains the underlying reasons to why firms engage in value-destroying and risky earnings management. There is subjectivity involved in these decisions, and to explain why managers engage in earning management differently, recent research has started to go beyond the traditional motives to explain why CEOs manage earnings differently. READ MORE

  2. 12. Personality Traits and Ad-block Use : A descriptive investigation of personality traits among ad-block users

    University essay from Luleå tekniska universitet/Institutionen för ekonomi, teknik, konst och samhälle

    Author : August Bergsten; [2021]
    Keywords : Personality trait; Ad-block; ad avoidance; Big Five Inventory; Ineffective Marketing;

    Abstract : Advertisements have been in digital media for most of its lifetime. They have, however, been increasing with the years and more people are finding the number of advertisements to be excessive. Online users have therefore taken to avoiding advertisements by installing ad-blockers. READ MORE

  3. 13. Compliance with behavioural guidelines in Sweden during the Covid-19 pandemic : The role of personality traits and perceptions of the situation

    University essay from Mälardalens högskola/Hälsa och välfärd

    Author : Essi Brunsberg; Nathalie Enquist; [2021]
    Keywords : Covid-19; compliance; big five personality traits; perception; situational eight diamonds;

    Abstract : The Covid-19 pandemic caused countries across the world to implement a wide range of restrictions and recommendations to control the spread of the virus. The current study aimed to investigate how differences in personality traits and differences in how an individual perceives the situation of Covid-19 among Swedish university students affect the overall compliance with guidelines applied by their government. READ MORE

  4. 14. Big Five Personality Traits andSustainable Investments : A survey study based on the Swedish private investors willingness to pay for ESG rating

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Nationalekonomi; Linköpings universitet/Filosofiska fakulteten

    Author : Amanda Björnström Hellbom; Erika Jigholm; [2021]
    Keywords : Big five taxonomy; Behavioral finance; Environmental; social and governance ESG ; Personality; Socially responsible investing SRI ; Willingness to pay WTP .;

    Abstract : This thesis contributes to the currently still sprawling literature on the force of sustainable investing together with the “Big Five” personality structure (Openness to Experience, Conscientiousness, Extraversion, Agreeableness and Neuroticism). By investigating which personality trait, based on the Big Five personality taxonomy, that was willing to exchange revenue for a higher ESG rating in a hypothetical investment fund, we were able to determine when private investors were willing to pay more for a more sustainable investment. READ MORE

  5. 15. Personality traits and life aspirations as predictors of subjective well-being and meaningfulness : Correlational links between Big Five traits and aspirations and their effect on well-being and meaningfulness

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Psykologiska institutionen

    Author : Alexandros Kousis; [2021]
    Keywords : Aspirations; personality; traits; well-being; meaningfulness;

    Abstract : Well-being and meaningfulness in life are linked to the relative value that individuals place on various life goals or aspirations. The variation in the pursuit of these goals depend mainly on personality differences. READ MORE