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Political interest, cognitive ability and personality: Determinants of voter turnout in Britain
Denny, Kevin; Doyle, Orla - 2005
voter turnout in the 1997 British General Election. It introduces measures of cognitive ability and personality into models … model of turnout and interest then shows that individuals with high ability, an aggressive personality and a sense of civic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010293782
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Personality characteristics and the decision to become and stay self-employed
Caliendo, Marco; Fossen, Frank M.; Kritikos, Alexander S. - 2011
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010304696
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Deviant Pornography Use: The Role of Early-Onset Adult Pornography Use and Individual Differences
Seigfried-Spellar, Kathryn C. - In: International Journal of Cyber Behavior, Psychology and … 6 (2016) 3, pp. 34-47
Personality differences exist between consumers and non-consumers of Internet pornography, but limited attention has …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012043485
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Big Five Personality Traits and Academic Learning in Wiki-Mediated Collaborative Activities: Evidence From Four Case Studies
Altanopoulou, Panagiota; Tselios, Nikolaos - In: International Journal of Distance Education … 16 (2018) 3, pp. 81-92
' personality characteristics (as measured using the Big Five Personality Test) and their learning outcome in the context of four … indicates that learning gain was significant negatively correlated with one of the five basic personality dimensions, namely …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012044052
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Evaluating the Effects of Personality on Continuance Intention of Online User: An Empirical Study of Online Forum System in Taiwan
Ong, Chorng-Shyong; Lin, Michael Yu-Ching - In: International Journal of E-Adoption (IJEA) 10 (2018) 1, pp. 34-52
This article describes how personality traits have rarely been used to discuss the emerging topic of information …-adoption researches and represents the essence of IS continuance model. This article proposes to connect personality traits to IS … for the effect of personality traits on the factor of confirmation but not on perceived usefulness. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012044271
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Risk Type and Behavioural Bias: How Projects Fail and What to Do About It
Trickey, Geoff - In: International Journal of Risk and Contingency … 7 (2018) 4, pp. 21-36
There are two distinct approaches to risk. Firstly, the ‘objective' approach is numeric, probabilistic and focused on the risk itself; it is concerned with people in general rather than in individual terms. Secondly, the ‘subjective' approach recognizes that risk issues have personal and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012047288
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Follow Me: Exploring the Effect of Personality and Stranger Connections on Instagram Use
Keep, Melanie; Amon, Krestina L - In: International Journal of Virtual Communities and Social … 9 (2017) 1, pp. 1-16
Recent research suggests that the relationship between personality and Facebook use is mediated by the need for … = 21 years). As hypothesised, personality (extraversion and agreeableness) predicted belonging behaviours (liking … audience and personality on SNS behaviours. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012048577
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Using Personality Traits to Understand the Influence of Personality on Computer Programming: An Empirical Study
Wagner, Stefan; Karimi, Zahra; Baraani-Dastjerdi, Ahmad; … - In: Journal of Cases on Information Technology (JCIT) 18 (2016) 1, pp. 28-48
Computer programming is complex and all personality factors might influence it. Personality factors are comprehensive … but broad and, therefore, lower level traits may help understanding the influence of personality on computer programming …. The objective of this paper is to extend the empirical knowledge in software psychology by using narrow personality traits …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012048872
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Smoking Initiation: Peers and Personality
Hsieh, Chih-Sheng; van Kippersluis, Hans - 2015
helps understanding heterogeneity in peer effects, but additionally provides a promising mechanism through which personality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011403553
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What can the Big Five Personality Factors contribute to explain Small-Scale Economic Behavior?
Muller, Julia; Schwieren, Christiane - 2012
Growing interest in using personality variables in economic research leads to the question whether personality as … measured by psychology is useful to predict economic behavior. Is it reasonable to expect values on personality scales to be … predictive of behavior in economic games? It is undoubted that personality can influence large-scale economic outcomes. Whether …
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