As if to confirm popular stereotypes, a new study comparing Australian CEOs with their counterparts in the U.S. has found that the Americans are more conservative and buttoned down, while the Australians are more fun-loving and risk-taking.
The findings are based on results of three personality assessments administered by U.S.-based Hogan Assessment Systems (HAS) to 55 Australian CEOs running organisations with annual revenues ranging from $2 million to $450 million and employing between 10 and 8,500 employees. Almost a quarter of these were women.
The Australians were compared with a database of 8,490 U.S. business leaders representing a range of organisations and business sectors.
"The Australians and Americans fit a standard profile for managers and executives – hard-working, socially skilled, and self-confident – but there are interesting and subtle differences," said HAS president, Robert Hogan.
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