Facial attractiveness, applicants' qualifications, and judges' expertise about decisions in preselective recruitment

Psychol Rep. 2004 Dec;95(3 Pt 2):1129-34. doi: 10.2466/pr0.95.3f.1129-1134.

Abstract

The aim of this study was to assess how facial attractiveness, applicants' qualifications, and the expertise of judges influence preselective recruitment in a relational occupation, hotel management. Participants (96 hotel managers and 96 students) were asked to judge a fictitious applicant based on a resume and a photograph. Overall, analysis showed that the classic effect of attractiveness on the judgments of evaluators was modulated by the applicants' qualifications.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aptitude*
  • Beauty*
  • Face*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Job Application*
  • Judgment
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Personality Assessment / statistics & numerical data
  • Personnel Selection / statistics & numerical data*
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Social Behavior
  • Statistics as Topic
  • Stereotyping