Essays about: "personality and risk taking"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words personality and risk taking.

1. 1. The impact of pharmaceuticals on personality in sea anemones

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet / Instiutionen för biologi och miljövetenskap

   Author : Lisa Wong; [2022-03-31]
   Keywords : Metridium senile; animal behavior; animal personality; shyness; boldness; startle response; sea anemone; pharmaceutical drugs; caffeine; propranolol; diazepam.;

   Abstract : Pharmaceutical drugs along with other human derived contaminants are prevalent in natural water bodies due to many anthropological factors and they eventually end up reaching coastal waters. The pharmaceuticals have impacts on the behaviour and physiology of humans, thus it is important to understand what impact they have on animals. READ MORE

3. 2. Engagement of young graduates in Entrepreneurship : Entrepreneurship, Strategy and Business Development

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för organisation och entreprenörskap (OE)

   Author : Marie Dufour; Lucas Jacq; [2017]
   Keywords : Young graduates; Entrepreneurship; Experience; Engagement; Opportunity; Risk-taking; Creativity; Behaviour;

   Abstract : In our economic era, the youth unemployment is a considerable issue. The labour market isblocked and it is a challenge for young people to find a stable job, especially in specificfields as social sciences or humanity studies. After graduating, the job seeking can take fewweeks even few months. READ MORE

4. 3. Gender Effect on Corporate Risk Taking

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

   Author : Fanny Nyberg; Alexandra Johansen; [2014]
   Keywords : Corporate risk taking; CEO; Gender effect; Volatility; Small firms;

   Abstract : In this thesis, data on 108 086 Swedish companies from the years 2008-2012 are examined to determine if there is a CEO gender effect on risk taking in corporations. The main risk measures chosen are Volatility in ROE, Volatility in ROA and Volatility in Leverage, intended to provide information about total risk, operational risk and financial risk. READ MORE

5. 4. Consistency and heritability of personality in red junglefowl (Gallus gallus) : Applying scientific research methods when teaching biology

   University essay from Biologi

   Author : Josefin Kvarnström; [2013]
   Keywords : Boldness; Chicken; Exploration; Fearfulness; Scientific approach and education; Risk-taking;

   Abstract : Observations of consistency in behavioural responses in animals suggest that animals have personality, a term previously mainly used when describing humans. The expression of differences in personality, similar to expression of variation in behaviour, is in principle dependent on genetic background, environmental factors and experiences. READ MORE

6. 5. Risk propensity of entrepreneurs - A study of underlying factors in background and personality in comparison with managers

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Helene Landqvist; Petra Stålhandske; [2011-08-30]
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   Abstract : The purpose of this paper is to evaluate whether the risk propensity of entrepreneurs is different from others. We have compared this group to the professional field of managers, whose risk propensity we have put in comparison to the entrepreneurs. READ MORE