A Beautiful Mind: Examining the Effects of Emotional Intelligence and Physical Attractiveness on Employee Evaluations

<p>The current paper describes the concepts of emotional intelligence (EI) and physical attractiveness in relation to their impact on applicant evaluations. As EI has been shown to be linked to work outcomes including job performance, job satisfaction and interpersonal relationships, and as physical attractiveness has been found to influence rater decisions and perceptions of intellectual competence, an examination of these constructs in concert was the focus of the current study. Results found that, on average, attractive employees, older employees, and male employees were rated higher on several dimensions than their counterparts. There was no support for rater EI being linked to attractiveness- or age-related evaluation bias or for rater gender being related to attractiveness- or gender-related rating bias. However, results found that individuals with low EI were less consistent in their ratings, when job irrelevant information was disclosed versus undisclosed, than those with high EI. Implications and recommendations for future research are discussed.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Department of Psychology

Year

2014

Author dc:creator

• Seidler, Tessa

Contributors dc:contributor

• Dr. Amber Schroeder (Director), Dr. Elizabeth Shoenfelt, Dr. Reagan Brown

• perceptions
• appearance
• discrimination
• performance evaluations
• Cognition and Perception
• Industrial and Organizational Psychology
• Psychology

Repository record dc:identifier

https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/1346

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:digitalcommons.wku.edu:theses-2352