Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/245112 
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Year of Publication: 
2021
Citation: 
[Journal:] Cogent Business & Management [ISSN:] 2331-1975 [Volume:] 8 [Issue:] 1 [Publisher:] Taylor & Francis [Place:] Abingdon [Year:] 2021 [Pages:] 1-17
Publisher: 
Taylor & Francis, Abingdon
Abstract: 
An under-researched question is to what extent managers' trait affectivity and cognitive ability play a role in driving business practices. As such, we carry out a survey with 623 textile and garment firms in Vietnam. We find that one standard deviation decrease in the managers' negative affectivity is associated with a 2.28% increase in business practices. Additionally, increasing managers' positive affectivity and cognitive ability levels by one point would lead to 1.836% and 2.16% higher business practices, respectively. Notably, these effects on marketing practices are strongest. We also found evidence that decision-making on business practices in large firms largely depends on managers' trait affectivity. At the same time, the cognitive ability of managers in SMEs has a strong effect on business practices.
Subjects: 
Trait affectivity
cognitive ability
business practices
survey
managers
JEL: 
G41
D22
D91
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