Better sexy than flexy? : a lab experiment assessing the impact of perceived attractiveness and personality traits on hiring decisions

Stijn Baert; Lynn Decuypere

In this letter we present a laboratory experiment to assess the relative and independent effect of perceived attractiveness and personality traits on hiring decisions. Our results indicate that attractiveness and conscientiousness, followed by emotional stability, are important drivers of recruiters' decisions.

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Year of publication:	2013
Authors:	Baert, Stijn ; Decuypere, Lynn
Publisher:	Bonn : IZA
Subject:	lab experiments \| hiring discrimination \| economics of beauty \| economics of personality \| Experiment \| Personalbeschaffung \| Recruitment \| Personalauswahl \| Personnel selection \| Persönlichkeitspsychologie \| Personality psychology \| Arbeitsmarktdiskriminierung \| Labour market discrimination \| Persönlichkeitsmerkmal \| Personality trait