Personality traits, migration intentions, and cultural distance.

Autor/inn/en	Fouarge, Didier; Özer, Merve Nezihe; Seegers, Philipp
Titel	Personality traits, migration intentions, and cultural distance.
Quelle	In: Papers in regional science, 98 (2020) 6, S. 2425-2454 PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1435-5957
DOI	10.1111/pirs.12468
Schlagwörter	Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Auslandstätigkeit; Motivation; Sprache; Student; Auswirkung; Ziel; Migration; Berufserwartung; Interkultureller Faktor; Motivation; Sprache; Migration; Auslandstätigkeit; Berufserwartung; Auswirkung; Kulturabhängigkeit; Ziel; Student
Abstract	"This paper investigates the relationship between Big Five personality traits and individuals' intentions to migrate in countries that vary in their culture. Using data collected from university students in Germany, we find that extraversion and openness are positively associated with migration intentions, while agreeableness, conscientiousness, and emotional stability negatively relate to migration intentions. Openness positively and extraversion negatively relate to the willingness to move to culturally distant countries after controlling for geographic distance and economic differences between countries. Using language as a cultural distance indicator provides evidence that extravert and conscientious individuals are less likely to prefer linguistically distant countries while agreeable individuals tend to consider such countries as potential destinations." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku); "This paper investigates the relationship between Big Five personality traits and individuals' intentions to migrate in countries that vary in their culture. Using data collected from university students in Germany, we find that extraversion and openness are positively associated with migration intentions, while agreeableness, conscientiousness, and emotional stability negatively relate to migration intentions. Openness positively and extraversion negatively relate to the willingness to move to culturally distant countries after controlling for geographic distance and economic differences between countries. Extravert and conscientious individuals are less likely to prefer linguistically distant countries contrary to agreeable individuals." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku, Published by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2020/4