To include, or not to include? Accuracy of personality judgments from resumes with and without photographs

Swiss Journal of Psychology

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 207-215

  Frauendorfer, Denise ^a   Mast, Marianne Schmid ^a   Sutter, Corinne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Accuracy; First impression; Personality traits; Photograph; Resume

Indexed keywords

EID: 84944734066     PISSN: 14210185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/1421-0185/a000163     Document Type: Article

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