Managerial overconfidence and labor investment efficiency

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Shahab Danesh University / Qom / Iran

2 Amin Fooladshahr University / Isfahan / Iran

Abstract

This study investigates the relationship between managerial overconfidence and labor investment efficiency in companies listed on the Tehran Stock Exchange. The present study is applied in terms of purpose and is causally (post-event) in terms of correlation methodology. The statistical population of the study is all companies listed on the Tehran Stock Exchange and using the systematic elimination sampling method, 120 companies were selected as the research sample and were studied in a period of six years between 1393 to 1398. Eviews software version 9 and multiple regression based on composite data were used to test the research hypotheses. To measure managerial overconfidence, the model proposed by Hong et al. (2016) and to the labor investment efficiency, the model proposed by Pinak and Liliz (2007) has been used. The results show that managerial overconfidence has a negative and significant effect on labor investment efficiency.

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