TY - JOUR
T1 - Openness, extraversion and the intention to emigrate
AU - Canache, Damarys
AU - Hayes, Matthew
AU - Mondak, Jeffery J.
AU - Wals, Sergio C.
PY - 2013/8
Y1 - 2013/8
N2 - Economic, demographic and sociological factors influence the intention to emigrate, but variation in personality also may be consequential. In this report, data on intention to emigrate are drawn via nationally-representative samples from 22 countries in the Americas. Multivariate analyses permit attention to the key factors identified in past empirical research, but also enable examination of the effects of openness to experience and extraversion. Openness and extraversion both are shown to exert modest positive influence on the intention to emigrate. Additionally, heterogeneity in these effects is observed in that the influence of both traits is found to be conditional on a respondent's level of education.
AB - Economic, demographic and sociological factors influence the intention to emigrate, but variation in personality also may be consequential. In this report, data on intention to emigrate are drawn via nationally-representative samples from 22 countries in the Americas. Multivariate analyses permit attention to the key factors identified in past empirical research, but also enable examination of the effects of openness to experience and extraversion. Openness and extraversion both are shown to exert modest positive influence on the intention to emigrate. Additionally, heterogeneity in these effects is observed in that the influence of both traits is found to be conditional on a respondent's level of education.
KW - Emigration
KW - Extraversion
KW - Openness to experience
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84875833415&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.jrp.2013.02.008
DO - 10.1016/j.jrp.2013.02.008
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84875833415
SN - 0092-6566
VL - 47
SP - 351
EP - 355
JO - Journal of Research in Personality
JF - Journal of Research in Personality
IS - 4
ER -