Trust is a concept that has attracted significant attention in economic theory and research within the last two decades: it has been applied in a number of contexts and has been investigated both as an explanatory and as a dependent variable. In this paper, we explore the questions of what exactly is measured by the diverse survey-derived scales and experiments claiming to measure trust, and how these ...
Given the negative effects of unemployment on society and individuals alike, research needs to identify factors associated with reemployment. Under the guiding framework of the dynamic developmental model (DDM) of personality and work, the present study therefore investigates the role of locus of control as both a contributor to and an outcome of reemployment. Building on a sample of 538 participants ...
This study aims to untangle the role of risk propensity as a predictor of self-employment entry and self-employment survival. More specifically, it examines whether the potentially positive effect of risk propensity on the decision to become self-employed turns curvilinear when it comes to the survival of the business. Building on a longitudinal sample of 4,973 individuals from the German Socio-Economic ...