GENDER AND PERSONALITY TRAITS' (BFI-10) EFFECT ON TRUST

The concept of trust found its way from sociological and psychological research to business and economic research. Societal trust was measured using a dichotomous question. Later research used the two statements as separate items because answers to them are not truly opposite. The aim of this paper is to investigate if gender and personality traits influence rating of these two statements. Big Five Inventory-10 is used to measure personality traits. The research was conducted in Slovakia using a paper-based questionnaire. This paper is a replication of two previous studies conducted in Denmark. The research aims to contribute to the replication efforts initiated because of the co-called replication crisis. With regards to the results, agreeableness significantly and positively influenced the first measure of trust; extraversion and openness to experience significantly and negatively influenced the second measure of trust - mistrust. The latter differs from previous findings, so conducting of the replication was justified.