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Re, Daniel E.
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Hunter, David W.
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Coetzee, Vinet
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Tiddeman, Bernard P.
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Xiao, Dengke
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DeBruine, L.M.
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Jones, Benedict C.
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Perrett, David Ian
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2014-05-19T11:57:08Z |
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dc.date.available |
2014-05-19T11:57:08Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2013-12-04 |
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dc.description.abstract |
Judgments of leadership ability from face images predict the outcomes of actual political elections and are correlated with
leadership success in the corporate world. The specific facial cues that people use to judge leadership remain unclear,
however. Physical height is also associated with political and organizational success, raising the possibility that facial cues of
height contribute to leadership perceptions. Consequently, we assessed whether cues to height exist in the face and, if so,
whether they are associated with perception of leadership ability. We found that facial cues to perceived height had a
strong relationship with perceived leadership ability. Furthermore, when allowed to manually manipulate faces, participants
increased facial cues associated with perceived height in order to maximize leadership perception. A morphometric analysis
of face shape revealed that structural facial masculinity was not responsible for the relationship between perceived height
and perceived leadership ability. Given the prominence of facial appearance in making social judgments, facial cues to
perceived height may have a significant influence on leadership selection. |
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am2014 |
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dc.description.sponsorship |
The study was funded in part by a grant given by the Kirkman Bequest for Psychology at the University of St Andrews (a grant for Ph.D. students to
conduct research in their field). |
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http://www.plosone.org |
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dc.identifier.citation |
Re DE, Hunter DW, Coetzee V, Tiddeman BP, Xiao D, et al. (2013) Looking Like a Leader–Facial Shape Predicts Perceived Height and Leadership Ability. PLoS ONE 8(12): e80957. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0080957 |
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dc.identifier.issn |
1932-6203 |
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dc.identifier.other |
10.1371/journal.pone.0080957 |
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http://hdl.handle.net/2263/39815 |
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en |
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Public Library of Science |
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© 2013 Re et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License |
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dc.subject |
Leadership ability |
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dc.subject |
Face images |
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dc.subject |
Prediction |
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dc.subject |
Political elections |
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dc.subject |
Leadership success |
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dc.title |
Looking like a leader–facial shape predicts perceived height and leadership ability |
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Article |
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