Date of Award
8-1983
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Department
Communication
First Advisor
Dr. June Cottrell
Second Advisor
Dr. Hazel Rozema
Third Advisor
Dr. Steven Rhodes
Access Setting
Masters Thesis-Open Access
Abstract
The objective of this study was to explore the role that nonverbal cue of clothing had in determining the perceived leadership potential of five women.
Given sketches of five females wearing five female swearing five specific categories of clothing appropriate to the business or professional setting, subjects were asked to choose one figure to sit at the head of the group. The study explored perceived leadership based only on the variable of clothing.
Recommended Citation
Larson, Julie Ann, "The Effect of the Nonverbal Cue of Female Clothing on Perceived Leadership as Determined by Naive Judges" (1983). Masters Theses. 1583.
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/masters_theses/1583