Personality Traits, Attitudes and Managerial Decision Making
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Channel: Duke University - The Fuqua School of Business · 2013 · Education
Join us for a Fuqua Faculty Conversation as Manju Puri, J.B. Fuqua Professor, and David Robinson, Professor of Finance and the William and Sue Gross Distinguished Research Fellow, present: Personality Traits, Attitudes and Managerial Decision Making In this session you will learn: - How one's level of optimism from low to extreme affects decision making - How CEOs' personal attitudes like risk aversion or optimism affect their companies' corporate actions - How varying levels of optimism affect the intensity and success of an MBA student's job search - Why peer perceptions of one's optimism only explain part of the effect Your "pre-reading" video will be available on this page on October 25. Our live online session with Professors Puri and Robinson will take place on Wednesday, November 6, at 12:00 p.m. ET, also on this page. Submit your questions for the live discussion with Professors Puri and Robinson via e-mail to [email protected]. You may also tweet your question during the live session using #fuquaalumni.
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