Being attractive tends to pay off. Studies suggest that good-looking people are more likely to get
hired,
promoted and
elected to public office.
But
new research published in the
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology found that attractive people may not always be better off.
Researchers from the
London Business School conducted a study with over 750 participants who were each given a photo of an attractive person and a photo of a less attractive person and asked to theoretically “hire” one for a job.
The study found that participants were less likely to choose attractive people for less desirable jobs.
The reason? Participants felt the good looking people were entitled to good jobs.
