This paper analyzes the importance of equity finance for the R&D activity of small and medium-sized enterprises. We use …

Personality questionnaires have been used and can be used to predict behavior in economic settings. Using two sets of … state-of-the-art measures from personality psychology (the Big Six) and social psychology (Social Value Orientation), we …

This paper systematically investigates whether different kinds of personality characteristics influence entrepreneurial … and further personality characteristics, which are more specifically related to entrepreneurial tasks, influence entry …

shows the expected correlations with a Big Five personality measure and is correlated with actual risk-taking behaviour. The …

, dispositional, and hybrid approaches, depending on whether working conditions, personality traits or their interaction are … studies both in the consideration of personality variables as well as the influence of factors to explain job satisfaction, do … not offer a theoretical framework. This paper investigates the influence of personality characteristics and working …

We investigate the influence of personality as measured by the Big Five personality scale on absenteeism using … socio-economic background characteristics along with a Big Five personality scale. Estimates of a Logit model and of count … estimates allow us to test hypotheses on the influence of the Big Five personality traits on work attendance. We find clear …

traits, in particular personality, and the formation and dissolution of marital and cohabiting partnerships. Changing …, relationships between personality traits and the probability of marriage are identical for men and women, which is consistent with … marriage is associated with distinctly different personality profiles for older men and older women, suggesting that gender …

looking at the impact of self-reported personality traits on gender differences in career chances. We compare managers and …-Economic Panel (SOEP) in 2005 show that there are significant gender differences in personality traits, multivariate estimations …, personality traits might indeed play a role, albeit more indirectly: Some of the stronger career effects, such as work experience …

This paper systematically investigates whether different kinds of personality characteristics influence entrepreneurial … and further personality characteristics, which are more specifically related to entrepreneurial tasks, influence entry …