Exploring the Handshake in Employment Interviews

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1139-1146

  Stewart, Greg L ^a   Dustin, Susan L ^a   Barrick, Murray R ^b   Darnold, Todd C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

employment interviews; first impressions; handshake

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HAND; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TOUCH;

ADULT; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; TOUCH;

EID: 54449098415     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0021-9010.93.5.1139     Document Type: Article

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