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Type A behaviour, financial performance and organizational growth in small business firms
Author(s) -
BOYD DAVID P.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
journal of occupational psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257
H-Index - 114
eISSN - 2044-8325
pISSN - 0305-8107
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8325.1984.tb00155.x
Subject(s) - investment (military) , revenue , demographic economics , psychology , business , type a and type b personality theory , business administration , management , marketing , accounting , social psychology , economics , political science , personality , law , politics
Eight hundred randomly selected members of the Smaller Business Association of New England were mailed the Jenkins Activity Survey (JAS) and a biodata questionnaire. A total of 368 chief executive officers completed both instruments, representing a response rate of 46***.0 per cent. Based on the JAS, 82 per cent of the respondents were characterized by the Type A or coronary‐prone behaviour pattern. Corporate performance was plotted against Type A and B scores. Firms run by Type As showed a higher return on investment and greater five‐year growth in sales revenue than firms run by Type Bs, but this pattern was found only for the Job Involvement subscale.