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The personality profile of police recruits who are high on anxiety

SA Journal of Human Resource Management, 2007
The principal objective of the study was to determine the personality profile of police recruits who are high on anxiety. A secondary objective was to determine whether there are gender and ethnic differences in the levels of anxiety of those police ...
Burgert van Jaarsveld, Johann M. Schepers   +1 more
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Investor Perception of ESG in Earnings Calls

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines how the communicator's role and the framing of ESG statements affect investor capital allocation in the context of earnings calls. Based on a virtual asset market experiment, the analysis identifies that the assurance and reinforcement of ESG messages have a positive effect of up to 8% on capital allocation, with especially
Felix Bachner
wiley   +1 more source

Correlation of motivations for selfie-posting behavior with personality traits

Industrial Psychiatry Journal, 2019
Background: The widespread popularity of selfie-posting behavior has led to increasing academic interest in exploring psychological determinants for this behavior.
Bhushan Laxman Chaudhari, Jaideep Kishore Patil, Adnan Kadiani, Suprakash Chaudhury, Daniel Saldanha   +4 more
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Prevalence and predictors of video game addiction: a study based on a national representative sample of gamers [PDF]

, 2015
Video gaming has become a popular leisure activity in many parts of the world, and an increasing number of empirical studies examine the small minority that appears to develop problems as a result of excessive gaming.
C Hagquist, Charlotte Thoresen Wittek, CJ Ferguson, CS Andreassen, CS Peters, D Bhugra, D Williams, D Williams, Daniel Hanss, DL King, DL King, DL King, EJ Kim, F Rehbein, GS Brunborg, GS Brunborg, H Choo, H Cole, H Pontes, Helge Molde, HG Wenzel, HR Eriksen, IBM Corp Released, JP Charlton, JS Lemmens, JS Wiggins, K Kroenke, L Elliot, M Algeria, Mark D. Griffiths, MB Donellan, MD Griffiths, MD Griffiths, PT Costa, RA Mentzoni, RL Thorndike, Rune Aune Mentzoni, Ståle Pallesen, Turi Reiten Finserås, Y Takata   +39 more
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The Use of Renewable Energy in Prominent City Buildings: A Diffusion Study on Top European Football Organizations

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The present study applied the diffusion of innovation theory to investigate the rate of diffusion of renewable energy sources used by Europe's top professional football stadiums and the relationship with carbon neutrality. A discrete diffusion model estimated the diffusion of renewable energy to saturation, and a multivariate logistic ...
Chad S. Seifried, Liz Wanless, Timothy Kellison   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Modelling the Incremental Value of Personality Facets: The Domains‐Incremental Facets‐Acquiescence Bifactor Model

European Journal of Personality, EarlyView., 2020
Abstract Personality can be described at different levels of abstraction. Whereas the Big Five domains are the dominant level of analysis, several researchers have called for more fine‐grained approaches, such as facet‐level analysis. Personality facets allow more comprehensive descriptions, more accurate predictions of outcomes, and a better ...
Daniel Danner, Clemens M. Lechner, Christopher J. Soto, Oliver P. John, René Mõttus   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

How Personality Shapes Workplace Incivility: A Theoretical View

International Journal of Management, Finance and Accounting
Workplace incivility, characterised by low-intensity, ambiguous behaviour such as disrespect, rudeness, and discourtesy, disrupts workplace harmony and erodes organisational culture. Although these behaviours may appear minor, their cumulative impact can
Mazni Alias, Nor Shazleen Eshak, Chew Sze Cheah, Nur Farhana Lyana Ameruddin   +3 more
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Facial symmetry is positively associated with self-reported extraversion [PDF]

, 2007
Fink et al. (2005) reported significant associations between facial symmetry and scores on some of the “big five” personality dimensions derived from self-report data.
Brown, WM, Penton-Voak, IS, Pound, N
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Consumer Mobile Phone Recycling Behaviour: A Systematic Review and Future Research Agenda

Journal of Consumer Behaviour, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Mobile phone recycling has received increasing attention from scholars and practitioners due to its environmental, social, and economic impacts. However, knowledge about consumer mobile phone (MP) recycling behaviour is fragmented, making it challenging to develop effective strategies to promote this behaviour. This study follows the Preferred
Xinru (Angie) Jiang, Ninh Nguyen, Steven Greenland, Jacqueline K. Eastman, Chrystie Watson   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Testing the Social Investment Principle Around Childbirth: Little Evidence for Personality Maturation Before and After Becoming a Parent

European Journal of Personality, EarlyView., 2020
Abstract In line with the social investment principle, becoming a parent should lead to more mature behaviour and an increase in conscientiousness, agreeableness, and emotional stability. However, previous research provided mixed results that do not support this idea.
Eva Asselmann, Jule Specht, Christian Kandler   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source