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Johnson, Kim K. P.; Roach-Higgins, Mary E. – Home Economics Research Journal, 1987
The influence of physical attractiveness, dress, and job type upon 300 college recruiters' impressions of females' employment potential was investigated. Subjects rated female applicants from a photograph on eight employment potential statements. Results indicate that the applicant's style of dress exerted a consistent influence on recruiters'…
Descriptors: Clothing, Employment Interviews, Employment Potential, Females
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Yoo, Jeong-Ju; Johnson, Kim K. P. – Adolescence (San Diego): an international quarterly devoted to the physiological, psychological, psychiatric, sociological, and educational aspects of the second decade of human life, 2007
The primary research question in this study was whether adolescents' experiences of and responses to teasing were related to the content of a tease and to particular ethnicity. Caucasian (n = 27) and African American adolescents (n = 22) between 12 to 17 years of age were asked to write about an experience of being teased regarding an aspect of…
Descriptors: African Americans, Physical Characteristics, Adolescents, Content Analysis