Predicting domain-specific risk taking with the HEXACO personality structure

Journal of Behavioral Decision Making

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 180-201

  Weller, Joshua A ^a   Tikir, Aysel ^b  

^a DECISION RESEARCH   (United States)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

HEXACO; Honesty humility; Personality; Risk perception; Risk taking; Risk return framework

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953020043     PISSN: 08943257     EISSN: 10990771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdm.677     Document Type: Article

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