Article
The Effects of Physical Attractiveness On Job-related Outcomes: A Meta-Analysis of Experimental Studies
Personnel Psychology
(2003)
Abstract
We report the findings of a meta-analytic review of experimental studies concerned with the biasing effect of physical attractiveness on a variety of job-related outcomes. In support of implicit personality theory, attractive individuals were found to fare better than unattractive individuals in terms of a number of such outcomes. The weighted mean effect size, d, was .37 for all studies. In addition, tests for moderating effects showed that (a) the attractiveness bias did not differ between studies that provided low versus high amounts of job-relevant information about the targets, (b) the same bias was greater for within-subjects research designs than for between-subjects designs, (c) professionals were as susceptible to the bias as were college students, (d) attractiveness was as important for men as for women, and (e) the biasing effect of attractiveness has decreased in recent years. Implications of these findings are considered.
Disciplines
Publication Date
Summer 2003
DOI
10.1111/j.1744-6570.2003.tb00157.x
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Citation Information
Megumi Hosoda, Eugene F. Stone-Romero and Gwen Coats. "The Effects of Physical Attractiveness On Job-related Outcomes: A Meta-Analysis of Experimental Studies" Personnel Psychology Vol. 56 Iss. 2 (2003) p. 431 - 462 ISSN: 0031-5826 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/megumi-hosoda/7/