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Effects of the non‐verbal behaviour of interviewers on candidates' performance
Author(s) -
KEENAN A.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
journal of occupational psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257
H-Index - 114
eISSN - 2044-8325
pISSN - 0305-8107
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8325.1976.tb00342.x
Subject(s) - interview , nonverbal communication , psychology , style (visual arts) , impression formation , social psychology , selection (genetic algorithm) , cognitive psychology , developmental psychology , social perception , perception , computer science , artificial intelligence , archaeology , neuroscience , political science , law , history
Twenty‐four neutral observers evaluated the performance of candidates in two mock selection interviews. Unknown to the observers, candidates received nonverbal approval from one interviewer and non‐verbal disapproval from the other. Candidates were perceived as more comfortable and at ease in the approval interview and were also judged to have created a better impression. The results were discussed in terms of the possibility that an interviewer's non‐verbal style may significantly influence the behaviour of the candidate he is trying to evaluate.