Perception of men's personal qualities and prospect of employment as a function of facial hair

Psychological Reports

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 201-208

  De Souza, Altay Alves Lino ^a   Baião, Vera Baumgarten Ulyssea ^a   Otta, Emma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EMPLOYMENT; FACE; FEMALE; HAIR; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; RANDOMIZATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE; CULTURE; EMPLOYMENT; FACE; FEMALE; HAIR; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONNEL SELECTION; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SOCIAL CONFORMITY; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0037313403     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.2003.92.1.201     Document Type: Article

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