THE EFFECTS OF FACIAL ATTRACTIVENESS, SEX, INTERNALITY OF APPLICANTS ON HIRING DECISIONS FOR MANAGERIAL AND NON-MANAGERIAL JOBS

• Authors: Przygodzki-Lionet Nathalie , Olivier Janssen , Desrumaux Pascale
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The purpose of this research is to test the lack of fit model (Heilman, 1983) for managerial and non-managerial jobs and to confront stereotypic variables and normative attributions of applicants. In this experiment, 32 recruiters evaluated eight resume-data sheets of applicants that varied in a 2x2x2x2 design with four within-subject variables (gender x attractiveness x internality/externality x managerial/non-managerial jobs). Subjects had to rate the suitability for hire, to estimate the salary, to rank the applicants and to evaluate the importance of the given pieces of information on their decisions. Results on ratings show significant main effects of the four within-subject variables and significant interactions. Ranks clearly show the sex bias and the internality norm effect for the two jobs.

Keywords

EN

ATTRACTIVENESS; GENDER; HIRABILITY; INTERNALITY; JOB STATUS; RECRUITMENT

Discipline

• PSYCHOLOGY: PSYCHOLOGY

• Publisher: Institute of Experimental Psychology, Slovak Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Studia Psychologica
• Year: 2010
• Volume: 52
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 53-57
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Przygodzki-Lionet Nathalie

author

Olivier Janssen

author

Desrumaux Pascale

• Nathalie Przygodzki-Lionet, UFR de Psychologie, EA 4072, Universite de Lille 3, BP 60149, 59645 Villeneuve d'Ascq Cedex, France

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

10SKAAAA08865