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
© 2020, University of South Carolina
Publication Info
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., 2020.