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    Transmission of risk preferences from mothers to daughters
    (Elsevier, 2017) Alan, Şule; Boneva, Teodora; Crossley, Thomas F.; Department of Psychology; Department of Economics; Baydar, Nazlı; Ertaç, Seda; Faculty Member; Faculty Member; Department of Psychology; Department of Economics; Graduate School of Social Sciences and Humanities; College of Administrative Sciences and Economics; 50769; 107102
    We study the transmission of risk attitudes in a unique survey of mothers and children in which both participated in an incentivized risk preference elicitation task. We document that risk preferences are correlated between mothers and children when the children are just 7-8 years old. This correlation is only present for daughters. We further show that a measure of maternal involvement is a strong moderator of the association between mothers' and daughters' risk tolerance. This is consistent with a role for socialization and parental investment in the intergenerational transmission of risk preferences.
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    Leadership? no, thanks! a new construct: worries about leadership
    (Wiley, 2019) Department of Psychology; Aycan, Zeynep; Shelia, Salome; Faculty Member; Department of Psychology; Graduate School of Social Sciences and Humanities; 5798; N/A
    Leadership is considered a key career aspiration. However, in a volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous (VUCA) environment, is such a goal indisputably desirable? Tapping the emotion domain, we propose a new construct, worries about leadership (WAL), defined as the worries people have about the possible negative consequences of assuming a leadership role. Four studies investigated discriminant, convergent and predictive validities of WAL scale using diverse methodologies: survey, lab experiment and naturalistic field study. Findings confirmed theoretically proposed dimensions of WAL: worries about failure, work-life imbalance, and harm. WAL was found orthogonal to Motivation to Lead (MTL; Chan & Drasgow, 2001) and correlated with neuroticism and prevention focus. Correlation of WAL scores with physiological indices of emotions was insignificant, albeit in the expected direction. WAL predicted leader emergence above and beyond MTL. These findings have significant theoretical and practical implications contributing to more nuanced understanding of leader emergence.