Perception Is Reality: How CEOs’ Observed Personality Influences Market Perceptions of Firm Risk and Shareholder Returns

By Joseph S. Harrison, Gary R. Thurgood, Steven Boivie, Michael D. Pfarrer. Academy of Management Journal, 2020

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We develop theory to explain how CEOs’ observable personality traits influence market perceptions of firm risk and shareholder returns. Using a linguistic tool to measure nearly 3,000 CEOs’ persona...

Subfields: Accounting, Clinical Psychology, Finance

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