Sexism and beautyism effects in selection as a function of self-monitoring level of decision maker.
The authors, in two experiments, investigated the influence of the sex and attractiveness of applicants for male and female sex-typed jobs on selection decisions made by low and high self-monitors. In both experiments, attractiveness and the congruence between applicants' sex and the sex type of the job influenced selection decisions. In addition, high self-monitors were more influenced by attractiveness and sex of the applicant when hiring for sex-typed jobs than low self-monitors, but this difference in hiring pattern was not evident when the job was gender neutral. Results indicate that job applicants may encounter different employment opportunities as a function of their sex, their physical attractiveness, the sex type of the job, and the self-monitoring level of the decision maker. Implications of results are discussed and suggestions for future research are offered.
Jawahar
I M
IM
Department of Management and Quantitative Methods, College of Business, Illinois State University, Normal, IL 61790-5580, USA. jimoham@ilstu.edu
Mattsson
Jonny
J
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001504:Beauty; D003657:Decision Making; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D008297:Male; D015279:Organizational Culture; D010560:Personnel Selection; D011287:Prejudice