The effect of social skills on analyst performance

• Main Authors: LI, Cong Cong, LIN, An-ping, LU, Hai
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2023
• Subjects: analysts; connections; labor market; social media; social skills; Accounting; Portfolio and Security Analysis; Social Influence and Political Communication; Social Media
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soa_research/2007; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soa_research/article/3034/viewcontent/2023_The_effect_of_social_skills_on_analyst_performance_CAR_pv_cc_nc.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Social skills are important but difficult to measure. So far, few empirical studies have examined the effect of social skills on the performance of professionals. Using the number of LinkedIn connections as a proxy for social skills, we investigate the effect of financial analysts' social skill...