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Effects of Applicant Sex, Physical Attractiveness, and Type of Job on Employment Interviewers' Decisions.
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Gilmore, Davìd C. |
| Copyright Year | 1982 |
| Abstract | ABSTRACT past research on the employment interview has suggested,that interviewers are influenced by many variables, including physical attractiveness. To investigate the potential interaction of applicant sex and attractiveness on hiring decisions, the tkpe of job, applicant sex, and applicant physical attiactiveness we're manipulated to determine the effect of... attractiveness on job performance. Resumes w,ith unattractive or attractive photographs were shown to los interviewers who rated applicants on several_dimenAions. silowedi'hif-WfirEariffixiEfiveneirifitienceit emiTOymeni decisions. More attractive individuals were thought to have better personalities. Employment interviewers were also influenced by the applicant's sex, to that males were generally offered higher starting salaries than females even when the two were equally rated on the decision of whetherto hire. The findings, which differed from earlier-research using the saMe materials with college students acting as interviewets, suggest that actual interviewers may have difkerent biases than college students.. (Auhor/JAC) , |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED219679.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
