Document Type

Report

Key Takeaways

CEOs display their personality traits through their choices of words and phrases in unscripted speech. • Investors view firms as less risky when CEOs are high in conscientiousness, and low in both neuroticism and extraversion” • Returns on risk are higher for firms whose CEOs display higher levels of conscientiousness, and low levels of neuroticism and extraversion.

Publication Date

2020

Source

Harrison, J., Thurgood, G. R., & Pfarrer, M. D. (In Press). Perception is reality: How CEOs’ observed personality influences market perceptions of firm risk and shareholder returns. Academy of Management Journal. doi: 10.5465/amj.2018.0626.

Disciplines

Business

Copyright

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