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Appearance-based Hiring Discrimination

Appearance-Based Hiring Discrimination is a form of employment discrimination in which hiring decisions are made based on candidates' physical appearance, thereby deviating from merit-based selection criteria and reflecting bias rooted in societal norms and perceptions about attractiveness, grooming, body size, or other visible attributes.

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54

Authors

40

Institutions

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2017–2026

7

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Publications

27

When beauty is beastly: The effects of appearance and sex on evaluations of job applicants for managerial and nonmanagerial jobs

Madeline E. Heilman, Lois R. Saruwatari · Organizational Behavior and Human Performance · 1979 · 371 citations

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Are Good-Looking People More Employable?

Bradley J. Ruffle, Ze’ev Shtudiner · Management Science · 2014 · 217 citations

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The effect of foreign accent on employability: a study of the aural dimensions of aesthetic labour in customer-facing and non-customer-facing jobs

Andrew R. Timming · Work Employment and Society · 2016 · 125 citations · Full text

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The Impact of Job Applicants' Facial Maturity, Gender, and Academic Achievement on Hiring Recommendations

Leslie A. Zebrowitz, Daniel R. Tenenbaum, Lori H. Goldstein · Journal of Applied Social Psychology · 1991 · 103 citations

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Visible tattoos in the service sector: a new challenge to recruitment and selection

Andrew R. Timming · Work Employment and Society · 2014 · 98 citations

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Authors

54

  1. ZS
    Ze’ev Shtudiner

    Ariel University, Israel

    4 publications · 305 citations

    4

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  2. AR
    Andrew R. Timming

    The University of Western Australia, Australia

    3 publications · 297 citations

    3

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  3. FJ
    Frank J. Cavico

    Nova Southeastern University, United States

    2 publications · 81 citations

    2

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  4. OM
    Offer Moshe Shapir

    Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel

    2 publications · 34 citations

    2

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  5. SS
    Sabine Sczesny

    University of Bern, Switzerland

    2 publications · 75 citations

    2

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Institutions

40

  1. Ariel University

    Ariel, Israel

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    320 citations

  2. University of St Andrews

    St Andrews, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    371 citations

  3. University of Bern

    Bern, Switzerland

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    115 citations

  4. Nova Southeastern University

    Fort Lauderdale, United States

    2 h-index

    6 publications

    243 citations

  5. Brandeis University

    Waltham, United States

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    344 citations

  6. University of Lausanne

    Lausanne, Switzerland

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    110 citations

  7. German Central Institute for Social Issues

    Berlin, Germany

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    52 citations

  8. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    123 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Applied Social Psychology

    3 publications · 199 citations

    3

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  2. Frontiers in Psychology

    2 publications · 54 citations

    2

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  3. Work Employment and Society

    WES · 2 publications · 223 citations

    2

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  4. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 2 publications · 69 citations

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  5. Journal of Asia-Pacific Business

    JAPB · 1 publications · 13 citations

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