면접상황에서 신체적 매력도와 의복이 여성지원자의 평가에 미치는 영향 = Influence of Physical Attractiveness and Dress on Evaluation of Female Job Applicants

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

The purpose of the study is to investigate the effects of physical attractiveness and dress on evaluation of female job Applicants in terms of suitable employment potential and job­type. The study was a 2×3 between subject factorial design with two levels of attractiveness (attractive, moderately attractive) and three levels of dress image(masculine, androgynous, feminine). A group of clothing experts and the middle-level management staffs within a large corporation selected two models(attractive, moderately attractive) through two-step evaluation process after viewing photographs of 50 female university students. Dresses in three levels were selected by a group of five experts. Two models were photographed with controlled background in three different clothes. Data were collected from 162 management level staffs enrolled in the Top Business Management, The Top Policy Science and the Top Press Information Graduated School of Korea University. Each respondent saw photograph and evaluated the applicant in terms of eight items of employment potential and suitable job type (management position vs. secretary) The results of this research were as follows: 1. Physical attractiveness had significant influences on applicants` employment potential. Attractive applicant`s emplolyment potential was evaluated higher than moderately attractive applicant. 2. Dress had little influence on female job applicants` employment potential, but dress of androgynous image was evaluated relatively positively. 3. Physical attractiveness had some influences on the evaluation of suitable job-type. The attractive applicant was judged to fit in as a secretary and the moderately attractive model in management position. 4. Dress had little influence on the evaluation of suitable job-type. Dress of masculine image seemed to help applicant to be evaluated as suitable for management position and dress of feminine image for secretarial position.