When beauty helps and when it hurts: An organizational context model of attractiveness discrimination in selection decisions

• Main Authors: LEE, Sunyoung, PITESA, Marko, PILLUTLA, Madan M., THAU, Stefan
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2015
• Subjects: Selection decisions; Attractiveness discrimination; Status generalization theory; Interdependence theory; Organizational Behavior and Theory
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/4954
• Institution: Singapore Management University

We propose and test a theory explaining how and why decision makers engage in attractiveness discrimination in selection decisions. We integrate status generalization with interdependence theories and contextualize attractiveness discrimination within interdependent relationships among decision make...