How Lending Officers Construe Assessments of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Loan Applications: A Repertory Grid Study

Autor: Peter Öhman, Alexander Rad, Olof Wahlberg
Rok vydání: 2013
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Zdroj: Journal of Constructivist Psychology. 26:262-279
ISSN: 1521-0650
1072-0537
DOI: 10.1080/10720537.2013.812856
Popis: Repertory grid technique and principal component analysis were used to map and analyze how 75 lending officers (LOs) viewed their assessments of small and medium-sized enterprises’ loan applications in one bank and region. A standard set of elements and constructs, derived during pre- and pilot studies, was used. Analysis of individual grids demonstrated that the principal components indicated the existence of similarities in LOs’ construing at an aggregated level. Analysis of the mean grid of all respondents indicated that the LOs were encouraged by the bank's lending strategy and supporting system(s) to perform “procedural lending” with a focus on hard and future-oriented information. At the same time, the LOs deemphasized relationship lending, in particular, personal relationships.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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