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The use of personal appearance cues to infer sales rep character

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  • Lawrence L. Garber Jr.
  • Earl D. Honeycutt Jr.
  • Michael J. Dotson

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One hundred sixty-five respondents with prior home-buying experience evaluated female and male realtor photos on 20 sales representative attributes. Correspondence maps were generated and realtors were located as points in attribute space. Those attributes that most differentiated were 'enthusiastic', 'creative', 'trustworthy', and 'strong', indicating that the perceptual spaces generated for male and female realtors and female and male home buyers were homogeneous. Preference vectors overlaid the perceptual spaces, indicating that youthful appearance and the fashionable dress of female realtors favourably connote enthusiasm, optimism and creativity; that older appearance and the traditional dress of male realtors favourably connote enthusiasm and trustworthiness to male home buyers; and that a more youthful appearance and traditional dress of male realtors favourably connote enthusiasm to female home buyers. Theoretical and managerial implications are provided, and future research directions are discussed.

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  • Lawrence L. Garber Jr. & Earl D. Honeycutt Jr. & Michael J. Dotson, 2015. "The use of personal appearance cues to infer sales rep character," International Journal of Management Practice, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 8(1), pages 1-20.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijmpra:v:8:y:2015:i:1:p:1-20
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    1. Arndt, Aaron D. & Evans, Kenneth R. & Zahedi, Ziniya & Khan, Emmyrose, 2019. "Competent or threatening? When looking like a “salesperson†is disadvantageous," Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, Elsevier, vol. 47(C), pages 166-176.

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