Analyzing the analysts: The effect of technical and social skills on analyst career

• Main Authors: LI, Congcong, LIN, An-Ping, LU, Hai
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2016
• Subjects: Analysts; Skills; Connections; Labor Market; Social Media; Accounting; Finance and Financial Management
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soa_research/1633; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soa_research/article/2660/viewcontent/analyzing.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

This paper investigates how technical and social skills of financial analysts affect theirperformance and career advancement. Using a sample of LinkedIn profiles of financial analysts,we document that analysts with good social skill, proxied by the number of social connections,generate more accurate...