Competition, confidence and challenge seeking 2021
Single Wave Study
General Information
Title
Competition, confidence and challenge seeking 2021
Project Number
326
Abstract
The aim of this research is to deepen our understanding of how and why competitiveness matters for economic and social outcomes, and to explore how it relates to other
personality traits and how it varies across individuals.
Longitudinal Type
Single Wave Study
Begin date
05-07-2021
End date
27-07-2021
Topics
Researcher
Thomas Buser (University of Amsterdam); Hessel Oosterbeek (University of Amsterdam)
Publisher
Centerdata
Copyright
© 2023 Centerdata
DOI
https://doi.org/10.57990/wt5x-ds61
Funding Organization
University of Amsterdam
ODISSEI
OCW (Domeinplan SSH)
ODISSEI
OCW (Domeinplan SSH)
Datasets and documentation
View Documentation
Codebook in English
Codebook in Dutch
Data Files
English SPSS file
English STATA file
English CSV file
Variables
| Variable name | Variable Label |
|---|---|
| nomem_encr | Number of the household member encrypted |
| wo21a_m | Year and month of the field work period |
| wo21a001 | Questionnaire was answered with old labels at items wo21a076-wo21a081: see wo21a076-wo21a081. |
| wo21a002 | What item is presented at position - 1 |
| wo21a003 | What item is presented at position - 2 |
| wo21a004 | What item is presented at position - 3 |
| wo21a005 | What item is presented at position - 4 |
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| wo21a007 | What item is presented at position - 6 |
| wo21a008 | What item is presented at position - 7 |
| wo21a009 | What item is presented at position - 8 |
| wo21a010 | What item is presented at position - 9 |
| wo21a011 | What item is presented at position - 10 |
| wo21a012 | What item is presented at position - 11 |
| wo21a013 | What item is presented at position - 12 |
| wo21a014 | What item is presented at position - 13 |
| wo21a015 | What item is presented at position - 14 |
| wo21a016 | What item is presented at position - 15 |
| wo21a017 | What item is presented at position - 16 |
| wo21a018 | What item is presented at position - 17 |
| wo21a019 | What item is presented at position - 18 |
| wo21a020 | What item is presented at position - 19 |
| wo21a021 | What item is presented at position - 20 |
| wo21a022 | What item is presented at position - 21 |
| wo21a023 | What item is presented at position - 22 |
| wo21a024 | What item is presented at position - 23 |
| wo21a025 | What item is presented at position - 24 |
| wo21a026 | What item is presented at position - 25 |
| wo21a027 | What item is presented at position - 26 |
| wo21a028 | What item is presented at position - 27 |
| wo21a029 | What item is presented at position - 28 |
| wo21a030 | What item is presented at position - 29 |
| wo21a031 | What item is presented at position - 30 |
| wo21a032 | What item is presented at position - 31 |
| wo21a033 | How competitive do you consider yourself to be? |
| wo21a034 | How do you see yourself? Are you generally someone who is willing to take risks, or do you try to avoid risks? |
| wo21a035 | I enjoy competing against others. |
| wo21a036 | I prefer competing with others when pursuing a goal over pursuing the goal alone. |
| wo21a037 | I like situations in which I compete with others |
| wo21a038 | I find competitive situations unpleasant. |
| wo21a039 | Competition allows me to measure my own success |
| wo21a040 | Competition allows me to judge my level of competence |
| wo21a041 | I use competition as a way to prove something to myself. |
| wo21a042 | I can improve my competence by competing. |
| wo21a043 | I often try to outperform others |
| wo21a044 | I want to win in both work and games. |
| wo21a045 | I try to be the best person in the room at almost anything. |
| wo21a046 | It is important for me to outperform others. |
| wo21a047 | I find losing very painful. |
| wo21a048 | When facing difficult tasks, I am certain that I will accomplish them. |
| wo21a049 | If it only depends on my abilities, then I will be successful. |
| wo21a050 | I am confident that I can perform effectively on many different tasks. |
| wo21a051 | Even when things are tough, I can perform quite well. |
| wo21a052 | I am happy with myself the way that I am. |
| wo21a053 | I will be fine in the future. |
| wo21a054 | I trust myself. |
| wo21a055 | I postpone annoying things. |
| wo21a056 | I always persevere. |
| wo21a057 | I am good at presenting in front of a group. |
| wo21a058 | I find presenting in front of a group stressful. |
| wo21a059 | I enjoy working under time pressure. |
| wo21a060 | I am productive under time pressure. |
| wo21a061 | I am good at multitasking. |
| wo21a062 | I enjoy working on several projects at the same time. |
| wo21a063 | I am ambitious. |
| wo21a064 | I always look for new challenges. |
| wo21a065 | I enjoy working on challenging tasks. |
| wo21a066 | New ideas and projects sometimes distract me from previous ones. |
| wo21a067 | Setbacks don’t discourage me. I don’t give up easily. |
| wo21a068 | I often set a goal but later choose to pursue a different one. |
| wo21a069 | I am a hard worker. |
| wo21a070 | I have difficulty maintaining my focus on projects that take more than a few months to complete. |
| wo21a071 | I finish whatever I begin. |
| wo21a072 | My interests change from year to year. |
| wo21a073 | I am diligent. I never give up. |
| wo21a074 | I have been obsessed with a certain idea or project for a short time but later lost interest. |
| wo21a075 | I have overcome setbacks to conquer an important challenge. |
| wo21a076 | How willing are you to punish someone who treats you unfairly, even if there may be costs for you? |
| wo21a077 | How willing are you to punish someone who treats others unfairly, even if there may be costs for you? |
| wo21a078 | How willing are you to give to good causes without expecting anything in return? |
| wo21a079 | When someone does me a favor I am willing to return it. |
| wo21a080 | If I am treated unjustly, I will take revenge at the first occasion, even if there is a cost to do so. |
| wo21a081 | I assume that people have only the best intentions. |
| wo21a082 | Remember the answer to the first question we asked you (“How competitive do you consider yourself to be?”). Which concrete experiences or behaviors – yours or others’ – did you think about when you gave this answer? |
| wo21a083 | Was it difficult to answer the questions? |
| wo21a084 | Were the questions sufficiently clear? |
| wo21a085 | Did the questionnaire get you thinking about things? |
| wo21a086 | Was it an interesting subject? |
| wo21a087 | Did you enjoy answering the questions? |
| wo21a088 | Starting date questionnaire |
| wo21a089 | Starting time questionnaire |
| wo21a090 | End date questionnaire |
| wo21a091 | End time questionnaire |
| wo21a092 | Duration in seconds |
Response Information
Response Overview
Selected number of household members: 6,416 (100.0%)Non-response: 1,375 (21.4%)
Response: 5,041 (78.6%)
Complete: 4,972 (77.5%)
Incomplete: 69 (1.1%)
Collection Events
Period
05-07-2021 to 27-07-2021
Sample
Panel members of 16 years or older.
Collection Mode
internet survey
Fieldwork Note
A reminder was sent twice to non-respondents.