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Investigating the Validity of Stereotypes About Overweight Employees: The Relationship Between Body Weight and Normal Personality Traits

Mark V. Roehling1*, Patricia V. Roehling2, and L. Maureen Odland2

1 Michigan State University, East Lansing
2 Hope College, Holland, Michigan

* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: roehling{at}msu.edu.


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Research indicates that overweight job applicants and employees are stereo-typically viewed as being less conscientiousness, less agreeable, less emotionally stable, and less extraverted than their "normal-weight" counterparts. Together, the two reported studies investigate the validity of those stereotypes by examining the relationship between body weight and four relevant personality traits (conscientiousness, agreeableness, emotional stability, extraversion) using three measures of body weight (body mass index [BMI] based on self-reported height and weight, BMI based on clinically assessed height and weight, percentage body fat assessed by bio-impedance technology) in a diverse group of 3,496 adults from the United States. There is substantial convergence between the two studies, with findings tending to refute commonly held stereotypes about the personality traits of overweight employees.

First published on July 17, 2008, doi:10.1177/1059601108321518

Group & Organization Management 2008;33:392.

A more recent version of this article appeared on August 1, 2008

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