Personality Traits and Willingness to Justify Unethical Behavior with the complementary Role of Altruism, Creativity, Cultural orientation, Hedonism, Religiosity, Security, Social work, and Wealth: A Cross-National Examination

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Danish Khan ◽  
Danish Ahmed Siddiqui
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Unethical Behavior ◽  
Cultural Orientation ◽  
National Examination ◽  
Complementary Role ◽  
Cross National

The Willingness of Social Work Students to Engage in Policy Practice: The Role of Personality Traits and Political Participation Predictors

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Talia Meital Schwartz-Tayri
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Big Five ◽  
Social Work Students ◽  
Political Knowledge ◽  
Big Five Personality ◽  
Comprehensive Understanding ◽  
Political Skills ◽  
Policy Practice

Abstract The current study aimed to expand our knowledge regarding social work students’ willingness to engage in policy practice (EPP). A theoretical model integrating the Big Five personality framework with the ‘Civic Voluntarism Model’ (CVM) was examined, using a sample of 160 social work students in Israel. Findings revealed a moderate level of EPP willingness. Among the CVM predictors, political skills, political knowledge and political interest were significantly positively associated with social work students’ EPP willingness. Among the Big Five traits, extroversion, conscientiousness and openness to experience were significantly associated with EPP willingness. Path analysis showed that political skills were the strongest predictor of EPP willingness and that political skills and extroversion had a direct effect on EPP willingness. The significant mediation paths demonstrated the dynamics by which the study predictors interacted in explaining 49 per cent of the variance in EPP willingness. The study concluded that the examination of a model incorporating the Big Five personality traits and modified CVM predictors provided a comprehensive understanding of EPP willingness and, therefore, should be adopted to explain social workers’ actual engagement in policy practice.

scholarly journals Entrepreneurial opportunity decisions under uncertainty: Recognizing the complementing role of personality traits and cognitive skills

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emmanuel Kwasi Mensah ◽  
Lawrence Adu Asamoah ◽  
Vahid Jafari Sadeghi
Keyword(s):  
Personality Traits ◽  
Cognitive Skills ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Personal Attributes ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
The Core ◽  
Cognitive Framework ◽  
Complementary Role ◽  
The Individual

<p> </p><div> <div> <div> <p>Entrepreneurship research on decision making under uncertainty has focused largely on the effect of uncertainty on the entrepreneurial actions while attempt at the individual level particularly, from the cognitive framework seeks to explain why actions differ. Scholarly efforts have also been made on what informs entrepreneurial actions from the perspective of the entrepreneur’s personal attributes. However, no integrated approach is offered in the literature to study how cognitive skills and personality traits complement each other. In this paper, we consider how cognitive skills and personality traits affect an entrepreneur’s decision to discover or create opportunities under uncertainty. Specifically, we examine the complementary role of personality traits and cognitive skills towards opportunity decisions. We provide a conceptual basis for a broader perspective on behaviors and cognitions that motivate or hinder entrepreneurial actions while at the same time positioning the entrepreneur’s decision at the core of the decision theory. Propositions regarding the application of some selected personality traits and cognitive skills and their complementarity are presented and discussed. </p> </div> </div> </div><br><p></p>

scholarly journals Does Religion Suppress Gender Differences in Values? A Cross-National Examination

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Landon Schnabel
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Social Consequences ◽  
Religious Groups ◽  
National Examination ◽  
Muslim Majority ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Role Of Religion ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Cross National

Women are typically more liberal than men. But on some issues related to “traditional moral values”—including sexuality and the beginning and end of life—women are just as if not more conservative than men. This study examines the role of religion in complicating the relationship between gender and values cross-nationally, with particular attention to variation across religious groups and contexts. Using data from a diverse set of 56 countries in the World Values Survey (N=85,181), I find that religiousness suppresses what would otherwise be larger and more consistent gender differences in values among Christians. Among most other groups, including Jews, Hindus, Buddhists, Taoists, and Muslims in non-Muslim contexts, religiousness does not greatly alter gender differences in values. However, among Muslims in Muslim-majority contexts—where men tend to be more religious than women—religiousness amplifies what would otherwise be smaller gender differences in values. Accordingly, gender differences in values tend to be larger among Muslims than Christians. I conclude that religions are complex and powerful social structures with heterogeneous social consequences.

scholarly journals Entrepreneurial opportunity decisions under uncertainty: Recognizing the complementing role of personality traits and cognitive skills

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emmanuel Kwasi Mensah ◽  
Lawrence Adu Asamoah ◽  
Vahid Jafari Sadeghi
Keyword(s):  
Personality Traits ◽  
Cognitive Skills ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Personal Attributes ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
The Core ◽  
Cognitive Framework ◽  
Complementary Role ◽  
The Individual

<p> </p><div> <div> <div> <p>Entrepreneurship research on decision making under uncertainty has focused largely on the effect of uncertainty on the entrepreneurial actions while attempt at the individual level particularly, from the cognitive framework seeks to explain why actions differ. Scholarly efforts have also been made on what informs entrepreneurial actions from the perspective of the entrepreneur’s personal attributes. However, no integrated approach is offered in the literature to study how cognitive skills and personality traits complement each other. In this paper, we consider how cognitive skills and personality traits affect an entrepreneur’s decision to discover or create opportunities under uncertainty. Specifically, we examine the complementary role of personality traits and cognitive skills towards opportunity decisions. We provide a conceptual basis for a broader perspective on behaviors and cognitions that motivate or hinder entrepreneurial actions while at the same time positioning the entrepreneur’s decision at the core of the decision theory. Propositions regarding the application of some selected personality traits and cognitive skills and their complementarity are presented and discussed. </p> </div> </div> </div><br><p></p>

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