The height leadership advantage in men and women: Testing evolutionary psychology predictions about the perceptions of tall leaders
The height leadership advantage in men and women: Testing evolutionary psychology predictions about the perceptions of tall leaders
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DOI：
10.1177/1368430212437211
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发表时间：
2013-01-01
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4.4
通讯作者：
van Vugt, Mark
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作者：
Blaker, Nancy M.;Rompa, Irene;van Vugt, Mark
研究表明，高个子的人在地位、声望和领导能力方面比矮个子的人有优势，尽管原因尚不清楚。运用进化心理学的观点，我们预测高个子的人被认为更像领导者，因为他们被认为更有统治力、更健康、更聪明。在人类祖先的环境中，健康和强健的体魄可以说是重要的领导品质——也许对男性来说尤其如此——在那里，成为领导者需要承担相当大的身体风险。与我们的预期一致，我们的研究结果表明，通过操纵个人的身高，身高对男性和女性的领导认知都有积极的影响，尽管对男性的影响更大。对于男性领导者来说，这种身高领导优势受其感知支配地位、健康和智力的调节；而对于女性领导者来说，这种影响只受感知智力的影响。
Research suggests that tall individuals have an advantage over short individuals in terms of status, prestige, and leadership, though it is not clear why. Applying an evolutionary psychology perspective, we predicted that taller individuals are seen as more leader-like because they are perceived as more dominant, healthy, and intelligent. Being fit and physically imposing were arguably important leadership qualities in ancestral human environments-perhaps especially for males-where being a leader entailed considerable physical risks. In line with our expectations, our results demonstrate that by manipulating an individual's stature height positively influences leadership perception for both men and women, though the effect is stronger for men. For male leaders this height leadership advantage is mediated by their perceived dominance, health, and intelligence; while for female leaders this effect is only mediated by perceived intelligence.