ICPS

2021 APS Virtual Convention · 2021

The Role of Vocal Confidence and Attractiveness When Evaluating Ethnic Minority Job Candidates with Standard English Accents

Virtual · May 2021

Posters · Social Psychology

  • Yondu Mori
    McGill University
  • Marc Pell
    McGill University

Abstract

How are ethnic minority job candidates with standard English accents perceived when their vocal confidence level varies? When participants saw East Asian or European faces paired with a confident or doubtful tone of voice, job suitability ratings were modulated by a speaker’s vocal confidence level, ethnicity, and other social traits.

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