Binghamton Research Days Student Presentations
Openness and Risk-Taking: An Examination of Environmental Scanners and Their Sharing
Openness and Risk-Taking: An Examination of Environmental Scanners and Their Sharing
James Dipersio (Senior, Integrative Neuroscience); Andrea Liss (Senior, Integrative Neuroscience); Danielle Petzold (Sophomore, Integrative Neuroscience); Angelin Tai (Sophomore, Integrative Neuroscience); Thomas Burkhardt (Faculty, Maine-Endwell School District)
James Dipersio (Senior, Integrative Neuroscience); Andrea Liss (Senior, Integrative Neuroscience); Danielle Petzold (Sophomore, Integrative Neuroscience); Angelin Tai (Sophomore, Integrative Neuroscience); Thomas Burkhardt (Faculty, Maine-Endwell School District)
Mentor: Kimberly Jaussi, Management
Mentor: Kimberly Jaussi, Management
Abstract
This research considers openness, risk-taking, internal and external scanning, contributing to being a scanning resource. Data was collected from a Broome County elementary school from teachers and their colleagues. Regression analyses were run to find which variables reliably predict scanning resource outcomes. Results suggest that openness is indeed positively related to both internal and external scanning. We found no relationship between scanning behaviors and being viewed by others as a resource for information about the external environment. These findings imply that even though variables such as openness are positively linked to both internal and external scanning, such traits may not carry over to sharing information that has been scanned for.
Abstract
This research considers openness, risk-taking, internal and external scanning, contributing to being a scanning resource. Data was collected from a Broome County elementary school from teachers and their colleagues. Regression analyses were run to find which variables reliably predict scanning resource outcomes. Results suggest that openness is indeed positively related to both internal and external scanning. We found no relationship between scanning behaviors and being viewed by others as a resource for information about the external environment. These findings imply that even though variables such as openness are positively linked to both internal and external scanning, such traits may not carry over to sharing information that has been scanned for.