Managerial optimism and search

Chris Papenhausen

Journal of Business Research, 2010, vol. 63, issue 7, 716-720

Abstract: This paper proposes and tests a model of the influence of managerial dispositional optimism on the propensity to search. The model developed in this article was tested using a business simulation exercise and survey method. Results show support for the positive influence of optimism on search; in addition, the relationship appears curvilinear.

Keywords: Search; Strategic; decision-making; Top; management; teams; Personality (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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