Waistlines and Ratings of Executives: Does Executive Status Overcome Obesity Stigma?
基于757名CEO、副总裁和高层管理者的健康检查与多源评价数据，发现腰围与领导评价负相关，即使控制BMI、运动量、人格和人口特征后依然成立，表明高层地位不足以克服肥胖污名。
Top executives hold positions that convey power, prestige, and competence as predicted by status characteristics theory. Nevertheless, the impressions generated through this status characteristic may be vulnerable when executives also possess characteristics that reflect a devalued social identity, such as obesity. Data from health examinations and multisource evaluation surveys of 757 CEOs, vice presidents, and upper managers suggest that the observable cue of umbilical waist circumference is negatively associated with evaluations of leaders across hierarchical levels, even after controlling for Body Mass Index, physical activity, personality, and demographic characteristics. Thus, hierarchically based status characteristics are insufficient in overcoming the stigma of obesity: even CEOs are subject to the pernicious effects of obesity stigma. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.