The relationship between emotional intelligence, thinking style, and the quality of investors’ decisions using the log-linear method

Mahdi Salehi and Nahid Mohammadi

Qualitative Research in Financial Markets, 2017, vol. 9, issue 4, 325-336

Abstract: Purpose - Investors’ decision-making is based on quantitative and rational analyses, and some other factors deriving from the market expectations are also contribute significantly on the shareholders’ response to market interactions. The present study aims to discover whether emotional intelligence and thinking style have a significant effect on the quality of investors’ decision-making. Design/methodology/approach - To gather data, a questionnaire was designed and developed and distributed among the participants during the first half of 2015. Moreover, the SAS software and the log-linear method was used to test the hypotheses. Findings - The results show that emotional intelligence, thinking style and quality of decision-making are not dependent and emotional intelligence and thinking style are not interdependent on each other. Originality/value - The current study used a unique model to test the hypotheses, and the results may be different from those of previous studies.

Keywords: Thinking style; Emotional intelligence; Log-linear; Quality of investors’ decisions; G02; G11 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1108/QRFM-04-2017-0025

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