title: Facial attractiveness, applicants' qualifications, and judges' expertise about decisions in preselective recruitment.
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.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Social Psychology, Université Pierre Mendès, Grenoble-Chambéry.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dubois
authors.forename: Pascal
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pansu
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001076:Aptitude; D001504:Beauty; D005145:Face; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007586:Job Application; D007600:Judgment; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010552:Personality Assessment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010560:Personnel Selection / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012919:Social Behavior; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D013240:Stereotyping