American researchers have shown that bullying or bullying is transferred in adulthood to the workplace and is directly related to the physical appearance of the person. Less handsome workers are more frequently confronted with this type of aggressive behavior . The physical plays an even more important role than the personality in determining whether psychological abuse is suffered in the workplace.
Professors Timothy Judge and Brent Scott interviewed 114 health center workers about the frequency with which they were treated disparagingly by their peers, through insults, bad manners or ridicule. In turn, workers had to judge the physical appearance of people they did not know through digital photographs.
“ We found that unattractive workers are more likely to experience rude, disrespectful and even cruel attitudes from their colleagues . This is because society perceives attractive and unattractive workers as different, and we act on those perceptions in their most hurtful manifestations, ”says Professor Judge, a specialist in occupational psychology.
In fact, several investigations into psychology, management and economics have shown that beauty is good for achieving a better salary and greater professional success. Beautiful people have higher self-esteem and security, and are perceived as more intelligent and with higher moral values. " This study shows that we are more influenced by physical appearance than we want to acknowledge, " Judge adds.
