ABSTRACT

People use facial information to infer others’ leadership potential across numerous domains; but what forms the basis of these judgements and how much do they matter? Here, we quantitatively reviewed the literature on perceptions of leaders from facial cues to better understand the association between physical appearance and leader outcomes. We used standard random-effects meta-analytic techniques to determine how appearance cues relate to leader perceptions and associated constructs. Appearance cues suggesting the presence of qualities often desired in leaders correlated with leader selection and success (M _Z-r =.26, 95% CI [.21,.31]). Larger effect sizes emerged for popularity outcomes (i.e., those based on perceptions) than for performance outcomes (i.e., those based on external measures). These data help to explain how people envision leaders and their characteristics, providing potential insights to why they select and follow particular individuals over others.

摘要

人们使用面部信息推断他人在多个领域的领导潜力；但是，这些判断的基础是什么？它们有多重要？在这里，我们定量地回顾了有关面部暗示对领导者的看法的文献，以更好地理解体格外貌与领导者结局之间的关联。我们使用标准的随机效应荟萃分析技术来确定外观线索如何与领导者的感知和相关的构造相关。提示表明领导者通常需要具备与领导者选择和成功相关的品质（M _Z-r = .26，95％CI [.21，.31]）。受欢迎程度结果（即基于感知的结果）的效果大小要比绩效结果（即基于外部衡量指标的结果）的效果大小更大。这些数据有助于解释人们如何构想领导者及其特征，从而提供潜在的见解，说明为什么他们选择并跟随特定的个人而不是其他人。