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The teddy bear effect
“Most Fortune 500 CEOs—roughly 95 percent of them, in fact—are white men. Line up headshots of these leaders and plenty of pronounced chins, square jaws, salt-and-pepper hair, and other physical features suggesting maturity, masculinity, and gravitas are also readily apparent.”
“Black CEOs often have so-called baby faces: large foreheads, big eyes, chubby cheeks, and button noses”
“babyfaceness is a disarming mechanism that facilitates the success of Black leaders by attenuating stereotypical perceptions that Blacks are threatening”
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pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
“Most Fortune 500 CEOs—roughly 95 percent of them, in fact—are white men. Line up headshots of these leaders and plenty of pronounced chins, square jaws, salt-and-pepper hair, and other physical features suggesting maturity, masculinity, and gravitas are also readily apparent.”
“Black CEOs often have so-called baby faces: large foreheads, big eyes, chubby cheeks, and button noses”
“babyfaceness is a disarming mechanism that facilitates the success of Black leaders by attenuating stereotypical perceptions that Blacks are threatening”
Center for Public Leadership
The Center for Public Leadership at Harvard Kennedy School works to inspire and enhance the capacity for principled, effective public leadership in government, politics, civil society, and business.
The teddy-bear effect: does having a baby face benefit black chief executive officers? - PubMed
Prior research suggests that having a baby face is negatively correlated with success among White males in high positions of leadership. However, we explored the positive role of such "babyfaceness" in the success of high-ranking Black executives. Two studies revealed that Black chief executive...
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
