First Name Popularity as Predictor of Employability

Abstract For more than fifty years, research in psychology has demonstrated that our evaluation of others may be influenced by their surname or first name. In this study, we evaluated the impact of the attractiveness and frequency of names in situations of recruitment for low qualification level job...

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Main Authors: Alexandre Pascual, Nicolas Guéguen, Boris Vallée, Marcel Lourel, Olivier Cosnefroy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University Library System, University of Pittsburgh 2015-03-01
Series:Names
Online Access:http://ans-names.pitt.edu/ans/article/view/2034