Abstract
This study provides a meta-analytic review of correlational research examining the relationship between job incumbent/applicant weight and work-related outcomes. Given the differences between correlational and experimental research, our findings show an understandably weaker relationship between weight and work-related outcomes than has been found in past meta-analyses of the experimental research. However, our findings do support the directionality of (a) the overall effect of weight on work-related outcomes, and (b) the moderating role of job incumbent/applicant sex and the type of work-related outcome found in past meta-analyses of experimental research. In addition, this review provides initial meta-analytic evidence for the roles of race, the sex-race interaction, and age as moderators of the relationship between weight and work-related outcomes.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 12-22 |
Number of pages | 11 |
Journal | Journal of Applied Social Psychology |
Volume | 44 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 2014 |