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We investigate the relationship between susceptibility to the disposition effect (DE) and chronic... more We investigate the relationship between susceptibility to the disposition effect (DE) and chronic individual differences in reliance on System 1 or System 2 processes and habitual emotion regulation strategies. Using UK stock market investors’ trading records, we measure their susceptibility to the DE. An online questionnaire was used to assess these investors’ reliance on System 1 and System 2 processes and use of reappraisal and expressive suppression emotion regulation strategies. Investors with higher reliance on System 1 processes have greater DE but reliance on System 2 processes is not related to the DE. Use of reappraisal strategies to regulate emotions whilst investing reduces the DE, but use of expressive suppression does not show reduction of this bias. These results suggest that investors’ intuitive emotional reactions to gains and losses explain susceptibility to the DE, and that effective methods of regulating emotions enable this bias to be overcome.
Futures & foresight science, May 14, 2022
Wiley Encyclopedia of Management, Jan 21, 2015
Journal of Management Education, Jul 25, 2023
In this essay, we focus on methodological issues that reviewers and editors commonly encounter wh... more In this essay, we focus on methodological issues that reviewers and editors commonly encounter when evaluating empirical articles in scholarship of teaching and learning in management education. We organize our discussion around three stages—design, analysis, and reporting. The essay identifies which types of issues are likely to receive rejection, and which issues can be addressed in the subsequent reviews of the manuscript. We provide authors with some suggestions on how to address these issues in their research.
PLOS ONE, Nov 21, 2022
In this study we examined three correlates of personal wealth-financial capability, buying impuls... more In this study we examined three correlates of personal wealth-financial capability, buying impulsiveness, and attitudes to money in a large UK adult sample (N = 90,184). We were interested in how these psychological variables related to personal wealth controlling for well-established demographic correlates: age, education, gender, and household income. We drew on three personal wealth variables based on savings and investments, property wealth and personal items. Using correlational and regression analysis we tested three specific hypotheses which each received support. Our variables accounted for around half the variance with respect to property value, and two thirds with respect to investments. The hierarchical regression onto the savings and investment factor showed two thirds of the variance was accounted for: the demographic variables accounted for 27% of the variance, money attitudes an additional 14%; financial capability an additional 24% and buying impulsivity no additional variance. Age, income, and planning ahead were the most powerful and consistent predictors of wealth variables, with associating money with security as an important predictor for savings and investments. Implications for helping improve financial literacy and capability are noted. Limitations are acknowledged.
Routledge eBooks, Jan 25, 2022
Personality and Individual Differences, Jul 1, 2018
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The development of a game based approach to improving the decision-making capabilities of financi... more The development of a game based approach to improving the decision-making capabilities of financial traders through attention to improving the regulation of emotions during trading. Design/methodology/approach: The project used a design-based research approach to integrate the contributions of a highly inter-disciplinary team. The approach was underpinned by considerable stakeholder engagement to understand the 'ecology of practices' in which this learning approach should be embedded. Findings: Taken together, our 35 laboratory, field and evaluation studies provide much support for the validity of our game based learning approach, the learning elements which make it up, and the value of designing game-based learning to fit within an ecology of existing practices. Originality/value: The novelty of the work described in the paper comes from the focus in this research project of combining knowledge and skills from multiple disciplines informed by a deep understanding of the context of application to achieve the successful development of a Learning Pathway, which addresses the transfer of learning to the practice environment
Learning in Landscapes of Practice, 2014
Dear churches, dear UN agencies, dear networks of people living with HIV and other partners We wr... more Dear churches, dear UN agencies, dear networks of people living with HIV and other partners We write to you as a group of theologians and practitioners, from five continents and many church traditions, some of us living with HIV. In January 2008, we came together to reflect on the theological issues that have arisen, for us and those around us, in our work on HIV prevention. This book describes the conversation that took place during those days, and invites you, our readers, to enter into that conversation and take it forward. 'Why just prevention?' you may ask. We know that HIV prevention is inextricably linked with the availability of treatment, care and support, and that the two are mutually reinforcing. As we write, though, it is an inescapable truth that for every two people who start on HIV treatment, five people are becoming infected with the virus. 2 Vital as it is, access to treatment is therefore not enough. It has become clear that halting the spread of the epidemic will not be achieved without reassessing the focus on HIV prevention, especially in relation to marginalized people. However, theological conversations between believers from different religious traditions are not easy. Christian theologians can differ quite fundamentally. We were no exception: we disagreed frequently. On one thing, though, we were unanimous. As theologians, ethicists and church practitioners, we share a profound awareness of the power of faith to motivate the organizations, groups and individuals that make up our communities. We are deeply conscious of the need for people of faith (that is, the huge
Journal of Neuroscience, Psychology, and Economics, 2021
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Journal of Economic Psychology, 2018
The Open University's repository of research publications and other research outputs Is the dispo... more The Open University's repository of research publications and other research outputs Is the disposition effect related to investors' reliance on System 1 and System 2 processes or their strategy of emotion regulation?
Open Learning: The Journal of Open, Distance and e-Learning, 2016
We report on a case study of high Japanese student failure rates in an online MBA programme. Draw... more We report on a case study of high Japanese student failure rates in an online MBA programme. Drawing on interviews, and reviews of exam and assignment scripts we frame the problems faced by these students in terms of a 'language as social practice' approach and highlight the students' failure to understand the specific language games that underpin the course assessment approach. We note the way in which the distance learning and online context can make the challenges faced by international students less immediately visible to both students and institution.
Journal of Managerial Psychology, 2016
Purpose – Using the concept of disconfirming communication to define interpersonal mistreatment, ... more Purpose – Using the concept of disconfirming communication to define interpersonal mistreatment, the purpose of this paper is to explore the impact of specific negative managerial communication behaviors on employee emotions, while taking into account both leader-member exchange (LMX) and employee trait negative affect (NA). Design/methodology/approach – In all, 275 working adults completed surveys about their managers’ confirming and disconfirming communication and their own emotional responses to these communications. Findings – The positive relationship between disconfirming managerial communication and employee negative felt emotion was reduced when LMX was high and was increased for employees with high trait NA personalities. Research limitations/implications – While the cross-sectional design exposes the study to potential common method bias, a priori and post hoc procedures minimized this risk, confirming it has a negligible impact on the results. Practical implications – Stu...
Wiley Encyclopedia of Management, 2015
We investigate the relationship between susceptibility to the disposition effect (DE) and chronic... more We investigate the relationship between susceptibility to the disposition effect (DE) and chronic individual differences in reliance on System 1 or System 2 processes and habitual emotion regulation strategies. Using UK stock market investors’ trading records, we measure their susceptibility to the DE. An online questionnaire was used to assess these investors’ reliance on System 1 and System 2 processes and use of reappraisal and expressive suppression emotion regulation strategies. Investors with higher reliance on System 1 processes have greater DE but reliance on System 2 processes is not related to the DE. Use of reappraisal strategies to regulate emotions whilst investing reduces the DE, but use of expressive suppression does not show reduction of this bias. These results suggest that investors’ intuitive emotional reactions to gains and losses explain susceptibility to the DE, and that effective methods of regulating emotions enable this bias to be overcome.
Futures & foresight science, May 14, 2022
Wiley Encyclopedia of Management, Jan 21, 2015
Journal of Management Education, Jul 25, 2023
In this essay, we focus on methodological issues that reviewers and editors commonly encounter wh... more In this essay, we focus on methodological issues that reviewers and editors commonly encounter when evaluating empirical articles in scholarship of teaching and learning in management education. We organize our discussion around three stages—design, analysis, and reporting. The essay identifies which types of issues are likely to receive rejection, and which issues can be addressed in the subsequent reviews of the manuscript. We provide authors with some suggestions on how to address these issues in their research.
PLOS ONE, Nov 21, 2022
In this study we examined three correlates of personal wealth-financial capability, buying impuls... more In this study we examined three correlates of personal wealth-financial capability, buying impulsiveness, and attitudes to money in a large UK adult sample (N = 90,184). We were interested in how these psychological variables related to personal wealth controlling for well-established demographic correlates: age, education, gender, and household income. We drew on three personal wealth variables based on savings and investments, property wealth and personal items. Using correlational and regression analysis we tested three specific hypotheses which each received support. Our variables accounted for around half the variance with respect to property value, and two thirds with respect to investments. The hierarchical regression onto the savings and investment factor showed two thirds of the variance was accounted for: the demographic variables accounted for 27% of the variance, money attitudes an additional 14%; financial capability an additional 24% and buying impulsivity no additional variance. Age, income, and planning ahead were the most powerful and consistent predictors of wealth variables, with associating money with security as an important predictor for savings and investments. Implications for helping improve financial literacy and capability are noted. Limitations are acknowledged.
Routledge eBooks, Jan 25, 2022
Personality and Individual Differences, Jul 1, 2018
For guidance on citations see FAQs.
The development of a game based approach to improving the decision-making capabilities of financi... more The development of a game based approach to improving the decision-making capabilities of financial traders through attention to improving the regulation of emotions during trading. Design/methodology/approach: The project used a design-based research approach to integrate the contributions of a highly inter-disciplinary team. The approach was underpinned by considerable stakeholder engagement to understand the 'ecology of practices' in which this learning approach should be embedded. Findings: Taken together, our 35 laboratory, field and evaluation studies provide much support for the validity of our game based learning approach, the learning elements which make it up, and the value of designing game-based learning to fit within an ecology of existing practices. Originality/value: The novelty of the work described in the paper comes from the focus in this research project of combining knowledge and skills from multiple disciplines informed by a deep understanding of the context of application to achieve the successful development of a Learning Pathway, which addresses the transfer of learning to the practice environment
Learning in Landscapes of Practice, 2014
Dear churches, dear UN agencies, dear networks of people living with HIV and other partners We wr... more Dear churches, dear UN agencies, dear networks of people living with HIV and other partners We write to you as a group of theologians and practitioners, from five continents and many church traditions, some of us living with HIV. In January 2008, we came together to reflect on the theological issues that have arisen, for us and those around us, in our work on HIV prevention. This book describes the conversation that took place during those days, and invites you, our readers, to enter into that conversation and take it forward. 'Why just prevention?' you may ask. We know that HIV prevention is inextricably linked with the availability of treatment, care and support, and that the two are mutually reinforcing. As we write, though, it is an inescapable truth that for every two people who start on HIV treatment, five people are becoming infected with the virus. 2 Vital as it is, access to treatment is therefore not enough. It has become clear that halting the spread of the epidemic will not be achieved without reassessing the focus on HIV prevention, especially in relation to marginalized people. However, theological conversations between believers from different religious traditions are not easy. Christian theologians can differ quite fundamentally. We were no exception: we disagreed frequently. On one thing, though, we were unanimous. As theologians, ethicists and church practitioners, we share a profound awareness of the power of faith to motivate the organizations, groups and individuals that make up our communities. We are deeply conscious of the need for people of faith (that is, the huge
Journal of Neuroscience, Psychology, and Economics, 2021
For guidance on citations see FAQs.
Journal of Economic Psychology, 2018
The Open University's repository of research publications and other research outputs Is the dispo... more The Open University's repository of research publications and other research outputs Is the disposition effect related to investors' reliance on System 1 and System 2 processes or their strategy of emotion regulation?
Open Learning: The Journal of Open, Distance and e-Learning, 2016
We report on a case study of high Japanese student failure rates in an online MBA programme. Draw... more We report on a case study of high Japanese student failure rates in an online MBA programme. Drawing on interviews, and reviews of exam and assignment scripts we frame the problems faced by these students in terms of a 'language as social practice' approach and highlight the students' failure to understand the specific language games that underpin the course assessment approach. We note the way in which the distance learning and online context can make the challenges faced by international students less immediately visible to both students and institution.
Journal of Managerial Psychology, 2016
Purpose – Using the concept of disconfirming communication to define interpersonal mistreatment, ... more Purpose – Using the concept of disconfirming communication to define interpersonal mistreatment, the purpose of this paper is to explore the impact of specific negative managerial communication behaviors on employee emotions, while taking into account both leader-member exchange (LMX) and employee trait negative affect (NA). Design/methodology/approach – In all, 275 working adults completed surveys about their managers’ confirming and disconfirming communication and their own emotional responses to these communications. Findings – The positive relationship between disconfirming managerial communication and employee negative felt emotion was reduced when LMX was high and was increased for employees with high trait NA personalities. Research limitations/implications – While the cross-sectional design exposes the study to potential common method bias, a priori and post hoc procedures minimized this risk, confirming it has a negligible impact on the results. Practical implications – Stu...
Wiley Encyclopedia of Management, 2015