Since the new millennium, research in the field of personality development has focused on the stability and change of basic personality traits. Motivational aspects of personality and their longitudinal association with basic traits have received comparably little attention. In this...

Purpose - The purpose of this study is to explore how the personal traits of the informal entrepreneurs influence their formalization decisions. Design/methodology/approach - This study adopted a qualitative approach using a multicase design in which 28 informal entrepreneurs situated in Kampala...

We study the relationship between parenting style and a broad range of children’s skills and outcomes. Based on survey and experimental data from 5,580 children and their parents, we find that children exposed to positive parenting have higher IQs, are more altruistic, open to new...

We study the relationship between parenting style and a broad range of children's skills and outcomes. Based on survey and experimental data from 5,580 children and their parents, we find that children exposed to positive parenting have higher IQs, are more altruistic, open to new experiences,...

Employers use applicant signals to help solve an asymmetric information problem in organizations. In this paper, we examine the impact of validated Dark versus Light personality traits on incentivized behaviors important to organizations: task effort, honesty, and reciprocity. A second study...