Better Sexy than Flexy? A Lab Experiment Assessing the Impact of Perceived Attractiveness and Personality Traits on Hiring Decisions

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:	2014
Authors:	Baert, Stijn
Other Persons:	Decuypere, Lynn (contributor)
Publisher:	[2014]: [S.l.] : SSRN
Subject:	Experiment \| Personalbeschaffung \| Recruitment \| Persönlichkeitspsychologie \| Personality psychology \| Personalauswahl \| Personnel selection \| Persönlichkeitsmerkmal \| Personality trait

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Extent:	1 Online-Ressource (12 p)
Series:	IZA Discussion Paper ; No. 7847
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	10.2139/ssrn.2374628 [DOI]
Classification:	C91 - Laboratory, Individual Behavior ; J24 - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity ; J71 - Discrimination
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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