Arab‐Levantine personality structure: A psycholexical study of modern standard Arabic in Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, and the West Bank

Zeinoun, Pia; Daouk‐Öyry, Lina; Choueiri, Lina; Vijver, Fons J. R. van de

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“…The Levant countries called Fertile Crescent (Jordan, Lebanon, Syria and Palestine) are considered economically developing and emerging countries, as they are considered among the countries with scarce resources and that constantly need international support. These countries are of great geopolitical importance, and they share many factors such as language, religion and culture (Zeinoun et al , 2018). During the Arab Spring period after 2011, the conditions imposed on these countries varyingly high human, social and economic costs and affected the trade exchange between these countries and the world (Ianchovichina and Ivanic, 2016).…”

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Environmental, social and governance impact on financial performance: evidence from the Levant countries

Amosh

Khatib

Ananzeh

2022

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Purpose This paper aims to investigate whether the sustainability disclosure with the environmental, social and governance (ESG) aspects has an impact on the financial performance represented by Tobin’s Q, return on assets (ROA) and return on equity indices in the Levant countries for the period 2012–2019, which was a period of turmoil and political repercussions that affected the countries of the region. Design/methodology/approach Using the content analysis technique, the data was collected from 124 nonfinancial companies from Levant countries (Jordan, Palestine, Syria and Lebanon), and 883 observations were collected as panel data for the research analysis. Findings The findings indicate that the environmental, social and ESG collective performance maximizes financial performance, while the governance performance influences ROA only. This suggests that companies pay great attention to various stakeholders, mainly external. Maximizing stakeholder value remains an optimal strategy to achieve the company’s financial goals. Thus, improving the disclosure levels of nonfinancial performance in the capital markets will improve the chances of growth of the financial performance indicators of companies. Originality/value The study provided insights about the ESG role and its impact on the financial performance of companies in a less explored context by previous literature, namely, the Levant.

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Environmental, social and governance impact on financial performance: evidence from the Levant countries

Amosh

Khatib

Ananzeh

2022

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“…The sociability and excitement-seeking facets of Extraversion have substantial load-ings on Neuroticism in Baltic-Finnish inventories (Pulver, Allik, Pulkkinen, & Hämäläinen, 1995). In some languages and cultures, a clear Openness factor of the FFM does not replicate (e.g., Cheung, van de Vijver, & Leong, 2011; Hofstee, Kiers, De Raad, Goldberg, & Ostendorf, 1997;Zeinoun, Daouk-Öyry, Choueiri, & van de Vijver, 2018), yet in other cultures well-known Big Five dimensions split (e.g., Extraversion splits into dominance and positive emotionality in Arabic data; Zeinoun et al, 2018). Finally, some researchers have proposed that dimensions beyond the Big Five emerge in non-Western samples and languages (Cheung et al, 2011).…”

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Meta-analytic five-factor model personality intercorrelations: Eeny, meeny, miney, moe, how, which, why, and where to go.

Park¹,

Wiernik²,

Oh³

et al. 2020

Journal of Applied Psychology

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Meta-analysis is frequently combined with multiple regression or path analysis to examine how the Big Five/Five-Factor Model (FFM) personality traits relate to work outcomes. A common approach in such studies is to construct a synthetic correlation matrix by combining new meta-analyses of FFM-criterion correlations with previously published meta-analytic FFM intercorrelations. Many meta-analytic FFM intercorrelation matrices exist in the literature, with 3 matrices being frequently used in industrialorganizational (I-O) psychology and related fields (i.e., Mount, Barrick, Scullen, & Rounds, 2005;Ones, 1993; van der Linden, te Nijenhuis, & Bakker, 2010). However, it is unknown how the choice of FFM matrix influences study conclusions, why we observe such differences in the matrices, and which matrix researchers and practitioners should use for their specific studies. We conducted 3 studies to answer these questions. In Study 1, we demonstrate that researchers' choice of FFM matrix can substantively alter conclusions from meta-analytic regressions or path analyses. In Study 2, we present a new meta-analysis of FFM intercorrelations using measures explicitly constructed around the FFM and based on employee samples. In Study 3, we systematically explore the sources of differences in FFM intercorrelations using second-order meta-analyses of 44 meta-analytic FFM matrices. We find that personality rating source (self vs. other) and inventory-specific substantive and methodological features are the primary moderators of meta-analytic FFM intercorrelations. Based on the findings from these studies, we provide a framework to guide future researchers in choosing a meta-analytic FFM matrix that is most appropriate for their specific studies, research questions, and contexts.

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“…The MSA, although useful as a standard form of the Arabic language, carries some limitations such as the use of outdated terms that are no longer used colloquially, and some MSA words might have different meanings across countries [ 40 , 41 ]. In a recent lexical study on personality traits, using the MSA in the Arab Levant, the authors reported an under representation of terms to describe some dimensions of general personality, such as Openness [ 42 ], which is related with Fantasy, Aesthetics, Feelings, Actions, Ideas, and Values [ 43 ]. These findings are not surprising considering that these topics, although extremely relevant for the psychological assessment, are more often communicated using the colloquial Arabic forms.…”

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“…In a recent lexical study on personality traits, using the MSA in the Arab Levant, the authors reported an under representation of terms to describe some dimensions of general personality, such as Openness [42], which is related with Fantasy, Aesthetics,Feelings,Actions,Ideas,and Values [43]. These findings are not surprising considering that these topics, although extremely relevant for the psychological assessment, are more often communicated using the colloquial Arabic forms.…”

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Arabic Version of the Personality Inventory for the DSM-5 (PID-5) in a Community Sample of United Arab Emirates Nationals

Coelho¹,

Pires²,

Ferreira³

et al. 2020

CPEMH

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Background: Section III of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) proposes a model for conceptualizing personality disorders in which they are characterized by impairments in personality functioning and maladaptive personality traits. The Personality Inventory for DSM-5 (PID-5) is a self-report measure that assesses the presence and severity of these maladaptive personality traits. Objective: The current study examined the reliability and validity of the Arabic version of the Personality Inventory for DSM-5 (PID-5) to measure maladaptive personality traits in the Emirati population of the United Arab Emirates. Methods: The Arabic version of the PID-5 was administered to a community sample of 1,090 United Arab Emirates nationals (89.5% female and 10.5% male, mean age = 22.44 years old). The descriptive measures, internal consistency, test-retest reliability, convergent validity with NEO – Five Factor Inventory, as well as PID-5’s factor structure, were all addressed. Results: The PID-5facets and domains mean scores were higher in the Emirati sample compared to the original US sample. Internal consistency of the PID-5 scales was acceptable to high and test-retest coefficients ranged from 0.84 (facets) to 0.87 (domains). As expected, the five domains of the Arabic version of the PID-5 correlated significantly with all Five-Factor Model domains of personality. Additionally, the Arabic version of the PID-5 confirmed a five-factor structure that resembles the PID-5 domains. Conclusion: The findings of this study provided initial support for the use of the Arabic version of the PID-5 to assess maladaptive personality traits in the Emirati population of the United Arab Emirates.

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Arab‐Levantine personality structure: A psycholexical study of modern standard Arabic in Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, and the West Bank

Abstract: The factors were narrower or broader variants of factors found in the Big Five and HEXACO models. Conceptual and methodological considerations may have impacted the factor structure.

Cited by 58 publications

References 49 publications

Environmental, social and governance impact on financial performance: evidence from the Levant countries

Environmental, social and governance impact on financial performance: evidence from the Levant countries

Meta-analytic five-factor model personality intercorrelations: Eeny, meeny, miney, moe, how, which, why, and where to go.

Arabic Version of the Personality Inventory for the DSM-5 (PID-5) in a Community Sample of United Arab Emirates Nationals

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