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Arrogance in the workplace is a growing area of interest within industrial-organizational psychology. Arrogant employees tend to lack positive interpersonal work relationships, act superior yet have a lower level of cognitive abilities, and have poorer job performance than their less arrogant counterparts, leading to challenging work relationships and overall impact on an organization's ability to meet its objectives. The present study examined professional arrogance measured by the Workplace Arrogance Scale (WARS), a 26 question survey, in relation to the objective outcome measure of a Financial Investment Advisor's (FIA) ranking on the firm's leader board based on total assets under management plus revenue. A total of 37 participants who have been in the profession for more than 2 years completed the survey. This study employed a quantitative, correlational research design. The research questions were assessed using linear regression and moderation analyses. Analysis of the data showed no significant predictive relationship between results of the WARS and performance. Gender and professional experience did not moderate the relationship between an FIA's arrogance and their performance. While these findings did not support the hypothesis of a connection between a FIA's assessed arrogance and measured performance, arrogance remains an important construct requiring further study. As workplace arrogance is better understood, it can be screened for by human resources within hiring processes and can be addressed directly by leadership through training and development. Decreased arrogance is likely to lead to more respectful client relationships, leading to customer loyalty and increased revenues for the client, FIA and the financial firm that he/she serves.

Magistro baigiamajame darbe išanalizuota ir pateikta finansinių investicinių projektų vertinimo metodika, ši metodika pateikiama praktiškai, pritaikant ją vertinant konkretų finansinį investicinį projektą – mažųjų ir pramoginių laivų prieplaukos statybą Klaipėdos valstybiniame jūrų uoste. Pirmoje darbo dalyje teoriniu aspektu tiriamas ir apibendrinimas finansinių investicinių projektų finansinio, ekonominio ir socialinio vertinimo mokslininkų išvadų turinys, taip pat pateikiamos investavimo ir vertinimo sąvokų apibrėžtys. Antroje darbo dalyje identifikuojamas nagrinėjamo projekto aktualumas, pasirinkimas, aptariamas ir numatomas šio projekto preliminarus ekonominio – socialinio kontekstas, pateikiamas konkretaus minimo projekto finansinio, ekonominio – socialinio vertinimo metodas, aptariamos galimos alternatyvos. Trečioje darbo dalyje apskaičiuojamas ir įvertinamas naujos mažųjų ir pramoginių laivų prieplaukos Lietuvoje poreikis, pateikiami ir apskaičiuojami finansiniai projekto rodikliai, kuriais remiantis apskaičiuojami ir ekonominiai bei socialiniai nagrinėjamo projekto rodikliai. Pagrindžiami finansinio investicinio projekto ekonominis – socialinis teigiami vidaus ir išorės efektai, įrodomas projekto naudingumas investuotojui ir visuomenei. / In this Master's Work there are analyzes and presented the method of the financial investment projects economical – social assessment. This method is taken into practice by assessing the special financial project of water transport sector, which is – „Small and pleasure boat marina construction in port of Klaipeda“. In first part of the work it can be found a summary of scientific papers and research findings, definitions of related concepts. In second part, there are identified problems of the economical – social field discussed in the context of water transport in Lithuania. Also there it is shown the specific method of the financial project assessment. And finally, in the last part of the Master's Work it is shown what financial, economic, social indicators of the financial project were found by adopting the method. According to these indicators it is presented what advantage affect can be reached by approving this specific financial project.

Master´s thesis deals with proposal for optimal financial investment of company with regard to its investment strategy and present economic situation. Proposal for optimal financial investment of company has been formed on the basis of the analysis of situation on financial markets and analysis of present investment opportunities on financial market of Czech Republic.

Perspektyvos atžvilgiu, investavimas yra nesudėtingas ir efektyvus būdas, nepriklausomai nuo pajamų ir gyvenimo būdo, siekti ilgalaikių ar trumpalaikių finansinių tikslų ir įgyvendinti svajones bei norus. Nesvarbu, kas esate ir kiek uždirbate – pasinaudoję investavimo siūlomomis galimybėmis turimus pinigus be jokių pastangų galite „užauginti“ ir leisti savo reikmėms. Sėkmingai išmokus investuoti su virtualiais pinigais, galima bus pradėti investuoti į tikrus investavimo instrumentus – akcijas, fondus, obligacijas ir t.t. ir taip siekti savo gyvenimo tikslų. Pagrindinis šios sistemos sukūrimo tikslas suteikti žmonėms galimybę išbandyti investavimo sugebėjimus ir patikrinti savo investavimo strategijas virtualiai. Ši sistema padės suvokti investavimo principus, bei įgyti bazines žinias apie investavimą, neinvestuojant grynųjų pinigų. Šiame darbe aprašomas projektinis sprendimas, panaudotas kuriant sistemą, architektūra ir svarbiausi realizacijos aspektai. Išskirti panašių sistemų privalumai ir trūkumai. Pasiūlytas būdas, kaip galima išplėsti bei papildyti esamų sistemų funkcionalumą. Sukurtas optimizacinis akcijų biržos lošimo modelis, leidžiantis apjungti virtualų biržos modeliavimą su sistemos naudotojų investavimo strategijomis. Eksperimento metu buvo įrodyta, jog virtuliai modeliuojant akcijų biržą gauti rezultatai ne daug kuo skyrėsi nuo rezultatų, gautų tiriant investavimo strategijas su istorinėmis akcijų kainomis. / Perspective, investing is simple and effective way, regardless of income and lifestyle, to achieve long-term or short-term financial goals, dreams and wishes. No matter who you are and how much you earned - through the investment opportunities offered the money without any effort to "grow" and to authorize its use. Successful investing benefits of virtual money, you can begin to invest in certain investment instruments - stocks, funds, bonds, etc. and thus achieve their life goals. The main aim of the system to give people the opportunity to test investment skills and test your investment strategies in the virtual mode. This system will help to understand the investment principles, and to acquire basic knowledge about investing. This paper describes the design solution, used in the system, architecture and key aspects of implementation. Identified and described main advantages and disadvantages of the system. A proposed method to complement and extend the functionality of existing systems. Developed optimized stock gambling model, allowing the exchange of virtual simulations combined with investment strategies of users. In this experiment, it was proved that obtained results of the stock exchange simulation are not much different from the results, obtained in testing the investment strategies of historical stock prices.

A pesquisa trata do movimento de composição e expansão do turismo paulistano, tendo como foco de análise a atividade turístico-hoteleira no processo de transformação da cidade de São Paulo em uma metrópole. Dessa forma, o estudo analisa como o turismo paulistano acompanha a constituição e o deslocamento da centralidade na/da metrópole, tendo-a, primeiro, como um processo conduzido pelas ações de reprodução do capital excedente do setor industrial, e depois, do capital financeiro pautado na mundialização do capitalismo. Para tanto, partindo da noção de produção que nos conduz à concretude da produção do homem e à dialética espaço-sociedade, a tese expõe, em três diferentes momentos, o movimento do turismo paulistano, quais sejam: primeiro, a descrição e análise da paisagem apreendida pela interação dialética da forma-conteúdo e das divisões espaciais-produtivas expressas no atual espaço-tempo da metrópole; segundo, a análise da constituição histórica do turismo paulistano, tendo a transformação e a expansão da oferta turístico-hoteleira no movimento de deslocamento da centralidade no interior da metrópole como referência; terceiro, a retomada da análise da atual oferta turístico-hoteleira no espaço-tempo da metrópole, quando se expõe o papel do turismo no consumo produtivo do espaço. A partir desses movimentos, apresenta-se de que maneira o turismo paulistano, enquanto atividade produtiva guiada pela busca de qualidade no retorno dos investimentos turístico-hoteleiros, manifesta-se na reprodução do espaço da metrópole. Este processo, em articulação com as decisões e interesses do Estado e dos investidores imobiliários e financeiros, abarca a centralidade da metrópole como uma categoria econômica necessária à reprodução do capital, prolongando assim as contradições entre a produção do espaço social, fundamentalmente, da prática socioespacial e da realização do ser genérico, e a produção do espaço sob os desígnios da produção capitalista. / This research examines the process by which tourism in São Paulo develops and expands, focusing on the analysis of the role Tourism and Hospitality played in the transformation of São Paulo from a city to a metropolis. Therefore, this study enquires how tourism in São Paulo accompanies the constitution and the translation of centrality within/of the metropolis; initially, a process conducted by the actions taken to reproduce industrys excess capital; further, the ones aimed at reproducing financial capital. In order to do so, based on the notion of production that leads to the concrete aspect of mans production and to the space-society dialectics, this thesis exposes, in three different moments, the movement of tourism is São Paulo. First, the description and examination of the land observed from the dialectic interaction of form-content and spatial-productive divisions in the current metropolis space-time. Second, the analysis of the historical formation of tourism in São Paulo, having as a reference the transformation and the expansion of tourist-hotel offering as centrality moved within the metropolis. Third, the resume of the analysis of the current tourist-hotel offering in the metropolis space-time, when tourisms role in the productive consumption of space is exposed. Considering these aspects, we present the way tourism in São Paulo being a productive activity oriented towards the return on tourist-hotel investments quality manifests itself in the reproduction of the metropolitan space. Such process, in connection with both States and real estate and financial investors decisions and interests, takes the metropolis centrality as an economic category necessary to the reproduction of capital. Thus, it extends the contradictions between the production of social space, mainly, the social-spatial practice and the realization of the generic self, and the production of space under the capitalist productions designs.

Beslut angående finansiella investeringar sker för den enskilde individen likaväl som i företag. Besluten följer den finansiella världens utveckling och blir därmed alltmer komplexa. Placeringar av monetära tillgångar med förväntan att generera inkomst eller värdestegring innebär en risk. Risknivån på investeringen beror på investeringsbeteendet hos beslutsfattaren som kan ge konsekvenser på den finansiella marknaden och kan så småningom leda till finanskriser om ett överdrivet behov av risk uppstår hos beslutsfattare. Genom att studera vad som påverkar risktolerans öppnas dörrar för att kunna förstå vad som ligger bakom vilken risk som väljs vid en finansiell investering. När förändring i risktolerans studeras tas hänsyn till vilka sorters beslutsfattare som finns på den finansiella marknaden. I uppsatsen studeras risktolerans hos beslutsfattare i form av enskilda individer och grupper med syftet att testa hur risktoleransen förändras om en individ tar ett beslut enskilt eller i samråd med andra. I syftet ingår också att studera om kompositionen av en grupp med hjälp av variation i gruppstorlek och könsfördelning kan påverka gruppens risktolerans. Tidigare forskning indikerar att grupper har högre risktolerans än individer dock finns studier med omvänd syn. Studien i uppsatsen har skett genom kvantitativa experiment där respondenter enskilt och i sammansatta grupper svarat på olika frågeformulär. Av studien finnes resultat att män är mer risktoleranta än kvinnor. Emellertid visades inget signifikant resultat att en högre andel män i en grupp ökar risktoleransen i gruppen. Vid en storleksjämförelse visades ingen signifikant påverkan i risktoleransen av gruppens storlek. Sammanfattningsvis påvisades i ett av studiens test att grupper har högre risktolerans än individer medan två andra inte resulterade i en signifikant skillnad mellan dem. Uppsatsens primära begränsningar är mängden grupper som deltog i experimentet som vid ett högre antal hade kunnat ge mer precisa resultat samt att utbildningsnivån bland respondenterna var konstant vilket enligt tidigare forskning kan ge en försvagning av könseffekten vid mätning av risktolerans. Tidigare forskning om risktolerans har mestadels skett om individer och forskning om grupper är begränsad. På grund av det ger vår studie ett bidrag i form av en återuppväckande syn på risktolerans med ett nytt perspektiv om gruppstorlek som förändringsfaktor samt förslag till vidare forskning inom risktolerans. / Individuals as well as corporations make financial decisions regarding investments. Financial decisions advances along with the development of the financial world and thereby continuously increase in their complexity. A monetary investment regarding expectations of generating income involves risk. The level of risk depends on the decision maker’s financial behavior which could cause impacts in the financial market and may eventually be a reason for financial crises to arise, in case the decision maker has an excessive need to take risk. Studying which factors that affect risk tolerance contributes to an understanding of why a certain risk level is chosen when making a financial investment. When studying risk tolerance it has to be taking into account who is the decision maker. This dissertation studies risk tolerance of individuals and groups as two different decision makers, with the purpose of testing how the risk tolerance shifts if the decision is made either alone or in consultation with others. The purpose also includes studies on different compositions of a group regarding to gender and the size of the group and how this might affect the risk tolerance within the group. Previous research indicates that groups have a higher risk tolerance in comparison to individuals, there are however studies with opposite findings. The quantitative study in this dissertation was done by two experiments where respondents were handed questionnaires to be answered first individually and then together after being divided into groups. The results showed that men have a higher risk tolerance than women. However, there was no significant result that a higher proportion of males in a group increase the risk tolerance. When comparing small and large groups no difference was found in the level of risk tolerance. In conclusion, one of the tests in the study showed that groups have a higher risk tolerance than individuals however two tests showed a non-significant result in the difference between them. The limitations of the dissertation are the low participation in the group experiment where a higher number of groups would have been able to provide more accurate results and that respondents had a constant level of education which may have caused a lower effect of gender. Previous research has mostly focused on individuals and according to this our dissertation provides a contribution through how group size can influence risk tolerance and we propose further research areas within groups and risk tolerance.

This research examines how the interval of observation affects the assessment of risk in stocks. I do this by analysing the economic and statistical significance of the worst returns on stocks, and by analysing the relationship between the interval of observation and factors which are thought to affect the return on stocks. This research shows the interval of observation used to assess the risk in stocks is important and the conclusions change considerably depending on how the data is drawn. In addition, the results indicate an investor’s time horizon is important in deciding their asset allocation and the style of investment should be suitable for the time horizon selected.

In recent times, the sports sector across the globe has attracted economic interests both from the public and the private sector. For example, the cost of hosting the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil was estimated at over $14.5 billion, with huge investments made intorenovating old stadia and building new ones in preparation for the games. Similarly, the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow generated over 5,000 jobs and apprenticeships for the locals, £200m worth of contracts to local firms, £198m investments in sporting facilities, and £700m worth of transport-related infrastructural development. It is thus clear that sport hasassumed more relevance in society than merely serving the purpose of recreation and leisure such that stakeholders now commit resources into sport performance improvement. Consequently, countries (particularly, those in Europe, Australia and North America) consider the sports sector among the key factors of social and economic development. Given the considerably large youthful population of Nigeria, it is possible to take advantage of sports to advance social and economic wellbeing of the people. It is however regrettable that the Nigerian government does not appear to have realised the potentialopportunities a robust sports economy could provide for a nation in the quest for social, political and economic development. The opportunities provided by sports for social and economic growth will not be fully grasped unless efforts are made to create effective talent development frameworks; unfortunately, anecdotally at least, the reality on the ground suggests that the contrary is the case in Nigeria. Previous research investigating the process of talent identification and development has highlighted a number of features of effective talent development environments. Research informing these guidelines and principles comes from a variety of research activity including understanding the nature of the talent development pathway, the characteristics of successful and developing athletes, the features of effective coaching and support environments, factorsof effective talent transfer, and effective talent development policies. However, it is important to note, that the current TID literature is based predominantly on European, Australian and North American studies. This is particularly important given that there is strong evidence to suggest that TID is culturally and context specific. Certainly the specific context must be taken into consideration when transferring and/or using recommendations (either research orapplied) from one context to another. Since there has been very little work carried out within a Nigerian context, this thesis aims to take a broad examination of the nature of talent identification and development processes within a Nigerian context. This is with the aim of understanding potential barriers to TID and facilitating effective practice to aid successful talent development within Nigeria To address these objectives, three studies were carried out. First, a literature review examined the relevant TID literature in relation to the specific context of TID in Nigeria, taking into account the role(s) of important stakeholders (i.e. coach, parents, teacher, siblings,and peers). Based on the lack of evidence from the Nigerian environment and the exploratory nature of this thesis, three qualitative studies were designed and implemented to examine a broad, in-depth perspective of the nature of athlete and sports development in Nigeria. These three studies included the elite athletes' perspectives of the nature of talent identification and development, the elite coaches' perspectives and finally the community stakeholders' perspectives. A total of 21 participants (i.e. 8 elite athletes, 7 coaches and 6 community stakeholders) were purposefully sampled and interviewed to provide triangulated, and informed perspectives on the specific nature of TID in Nigeria. The data revealed a number of challenges to effective TID in Nigeria including, lack of policy implementation, corruption, poverty, and family resistance, as well as poor infrastructure for sports development. Furthermore, luck played a large role in successfuldevelopment, especially due to the ad hoc nature of access to coaching and supportive people in the community (e.g. head teachers). Interestingly, in case successful development, theextremely challenging circumstances faced by athletes attempting to develop their sporting potentials acted as a mechanism to develop their mental resilience and independence, which facilitated success. Furthermore, findings suggest that widespread cultural practice through early years (e.g. festivals, physical labour) developed a general physicality among Nigerian children, which could serve as bedrock of TID, if the other talent development environmentswere put right.

A pesquisa trata do movimento de composição e expansão do turismo paulistano, tendo como foco de análise a atividade turístico-hoteleira no processo de transformação da cidade de São Paulo em uma metrópole. Dessa forma, o estudo analisa como o turismo paulistano acompanha a constituição e o deslocamento da centralidade na/da metrópole, tendo-a, primeiro, como um processo conduzido pelas ações de reprodução do capital excedente do setor industrial, e depois, do capital financeiro pautado na mundialização do capitalismo. Para tanto, partindo da noção de produção que nos conduz à concretude da produção do homem e à dialética espaço-sociedade, a tese expõe, em três diferentes momentos, o movimento do turismo paulistano, quais sejam: primeiro, a descrição e análise da paisagem apreendida pela interação dialética da forma-conteúdo e das divisões espaciais-produtivas expressas no atual espaço-tempo da metrópole; segundo, a análise da constituição histórica do turismo paulistano, tendo a transformação e a expansão da oferta turístico-hoteleira no movimento de deslocamento da centralidade no interior da metrópole como referência; terceiro, a retomada da análise da atual oferta turístico-hoteleira no espaço-tempo da metrópole, quando se expõe o papel do turismo no consumo produtivo do espaço. A partir desses movimentos, apresenta-se de que maneira o turismo paulistano, enquanto atividade produtiva guiada pela busca de qualidade no retorno dos investimentos turístico-hoteleiros, manifesta-se na reprodução do espaço da metrópole. Este processo, em articulação com as decisões e interesses do Estado e dos investidores imobiliários e financeiros, abarca a centralidade da metrópole como uma categoria econômica necessária à reprodução do capital, prolongando assim as contradições entre a produção do espaço social, fundamentalmente, da prática socioespacial e da realização do ser genérico, e a produção do espaço sob os desígnios da produção capitalista. / This research examines the process by which tourism in São Paulo develops and expands, focusing on the analysis of the role Tourism and Hospitality played in the transformation of São Paulo from a city to a metropolis. Therefore, this study enquires how tourism in São Paulo accompanies the constitution and the translation of centrality within/of the metropolis; initially, a process conducted by the actions taken to reproduce industrys excess capital; further, the ones aimed at reproducing financial capital. In order to do so, based on the notion of production that leads to the concrete aspect of mans production and to the space-society dialectics, this thesis exposes, in three different moments, the movement of tourism is São Paulo. First, the description and examination of the land observed from the dialectic interaction of form-content and spatial-productive divisions in the current metropolis space-time. Second, the analysis of the historical formation of tourism in São Paulo, having as a reference the transformation and the expansion of tourist-hotel offering as centrality moved within the metropolis. Third, the resume of the analysis of the current tourist-hotel offering in the metropolis space-time, when tourisms role in the productive consumption of space is exposed. Considering these aspects, we present the way tourism in São Paulo being a productive activity oriented towards the return on tourist-hotel investments quality manifests itself in the reproduction of the metropolitan space. Such process, in connection with both States and real estate and financial investors decisions and interests, takes the metropolis centrality as an economic category necessary to the reproduction of capital. Thus, it extends the contradictions between the production of social space, mainly, the social-spatial practice and the realization of the generic self, and the production of space under the capitalist productions designs.