The Leadership Quarterly

Facial appearance and leadership: An overview and challenges for new research

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Facial appearance and leadership: An overview and challenges for new research
The Leadership Quarterly

There is plenty of evidence showing that facial features predict success in politics business and the military. Some of the papers providing this evidence are related to selection into leadership positions others into how facial features predict performance in such a position. The purpose of this introduction is to provide an overview of The Leadership Quarterly special issue on Facial Appearance and Leadership aswell as to discuss the use of good looks as a heuristic and difficulties related to establishing causal relationships in this area of research.

Citation: 
The Leadership Quarterly 25 (2014) 801–804

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