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What’s inside the Mind of a CEO? The Effects of Discretionary Slack Resources on R&D Investment
This study investigates the effects of discretionary slack resources on a firm’s R&D investment. Specifically, we examine whether and how a CEO’s psychological traits play a role in the relationship between discretionary slack and R&D investment. Using a
Seunghye Lee +2 more
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Vocations as a source of identity: reciprocal relations between Big Five personality traits and RIASEC characteristics [PDF]
Although work is a core part of life, the direction of influence from personality to work has typically been conceived as only unidirectional. The present study aims to contribute to the literature by considering reciprocal relations between personality ...
De Fruyt, Filip, Wille, Bart
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No Evidence for a Trade-Off Between Competitive Traits and Ejaculate Quality in Humans
Research in nonhuman animals (including insects, birds, and primates) suggests a trade-off in males between investment in competitive traits and investment in ejaculate quality. Previous research reported a negative association between perceived strength
Tara DeLecce +3 more
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Resource-dependent investment in male sexual traits in a viviparous fish
AbstractExaggerated and conspicuous sexually selected traits are often costly to produce and maintain. Costly traits are expected to show resource-dependent expression, since limited resources prevent animals from investing maximally in multiple traits simultaneously.
Erika Fernlund Isaksson +4 more
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Personality Traits and Stock Investment of Individuals [PDF]
Behavioral finance has been widely applied in the financial realm from psychological perspectives focusing on herding and disposition effects. However, little research is devoted to the influences of personality traits on the stock investment intentions of individuals.
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Individual energetic limitations in variable environments lead to life-history trade-offs between investment in somatic growth and gonadal tissue, causing individuals to adopt specific behavioural tactics to attain reproduction.
Tomislav Vladic, Torbjörn Järvi
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Each investor has an investment plan to reach their investment objectives. Perceived investment performance was affected by a high level of the psychological aspect.
Ninditya Nareswari +2 more
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The Animal Sexes as Historical Explanatory Kinds [PDF]
Though biologists identify individuals as ‘male’ or ‘female’ across a broad range of animal species, the particular traits exhibited by males and females can vary tremendously.
Franklin-Hall, Laura
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Changes in oak (Quercus robur) photosynthesis after winter moth (Operophtera brumata) herbivory are not explained by changes in chemical or structural leaf traits [PDF]
Insect herbivores have the potential to change both physical and chemical traits of their host plant. Although the impacts of herbivores on their hosts have been widely studied, experiments assessing changes in multiple leaf traits or functions ...
Gripenberg, Sofia +5 more
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A model for female South African investors’ financial risk tolerance
Research relating to the influence of investor’s demographic factors and personality traits on financial risk tolerance receives increasing attention.
J. Lawrenson, Z. Dickason-Koekemoer
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