What makes a successful CEO? We combine a near-exhaustive sample of CEOs of Swedish companies with data on their cognitive and non-cognitive ability and height at age 18. CEOs differ from other high-skill professions most in non-cognitive ability. The median large-company CEO belongs to the top...

This paper investigates variation in the wage effects of non-cognitive skills across the wage distribution. I expect (i) increasing explanatory power and (ii) increasing magnitudes of the effects of non-cognitive skills on wages across the wage distribution. I test these hypotheses using...

We show that personality traits are related to an investor's preferences for value versus growth stocks and for small capitalization stocks versus large capitalization stocks. We have detailed personality trait data and official register holdings of stocks for 710 individuals in Finland. The...

Objective – This paper analyses the sustainability of cooperatives in the West-Bandung Regency from the perspective of entrepreneurial personality and intention. The aim of this paper is to see whether the viability of cooperative can still be maintained and whether it can still be taken as...

In face of increasingly diverse product offerings, consumers consider numerous extrinsic as well as intrinsic product features to make buying decisions. Personality constructs regarding a brand — and even a country-of-origin — have been shown to be intrinsic features with strong effects on...

We study the effect of birth order on personality traits among men using population data on enlistment records and occupations for Sweden. We find that earlier born men are more emotionally stable, persistent, socially outgoing, willing to assume responsibility, and able to take initiative than...

The study provides empirical support for the 3M Personality Theory which postulates that elemental traits (which are the most abstract traits of the individual's personality) can directly predict surface traits – the most concrete and tangible levels of personality. Further, the void in the...

Purpose: Pluralities of personality schemas reside across different Maruyama universes suggesting incommensurability and isolation. Schemas may migrate across Maruyama universes given appropriate means. As illustration, the Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) schema for personality temperament is...