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The relationship between emotional intelligence, thinking style, and the quality of investors’ decisions using the log-linear method

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  • Mahdi Salehi
  • Nahid Mohammadi

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Purpose - Investors’ decision-making is based on quantitative and rational analyses, and some other factors deriving from the market expectations are also contribute significantly on the shareholders’ response to market interactions. The present study aims to discover whether emotional intelligence and thinking style have a significant effect on the quality of investors’ decision-making. Design/methodology/approach - To gather data, a questionnaire was designed and developed and distributed among the participants during the first half of 2015. Moreover, the SAS software and the log-linear method was used to test the hypotheses. Findings - The results show that emotional intelligence, thinking style and quality of decision-making are not dependent and emotional intelligence and thinking style are not interdependent on each other. Originality/value - The current study used a unique model to test the hypotheses, and the results may be different from those of previous studies.

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  • Mahdi Salehi & Nahid Mohammadi, 2017. "The relationship between emotional intelligence, thinking style, and the quality of investors’ decisions using the log-linear method," Qualitative Research in Financial Markets, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 9(4), pages 325-336, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:eme:qrfmpp:qrfm-04-2017-0025
    DOI: 10.1108/QRFM-04-2017-0025
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    Cited by:

    1. Muhammad Nauman Sadiq, Raja Ased Azad Khan, 2019. "Impact of Personality Traits on Investment Intention: The Mediating Role of Risk Behaviour and the Moderating Role of Financial Literacy," Journal of Finance and Economics Research, Geist Science, Iqra University, Faculty of Business Administration, vol. 4(1), pages 1-18, March.

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    Keywords

    Thinking style; Emotional intelligence; Log-linear; Quality of investors’ decisions; G02; G11;
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    JEL classification:

    • G02 - Financial Economics - - General - - - Behavioral Finance: Underlying Principles
    • G11 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Portfolio Choice; Investment Decisions

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