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发帖数: 29846 | 1 Why having a name that's easy to pronounce could propel you up the career
ladder
By Richard Hartley-parkinson
Last updated at 7:40 AM on 10th February 2012
If you wonder why you're always being passed over for promotion, then there
might finally be a solution... change your name.
People with a name that is more easily pronounced have better prospects of
climbing the career ladder, a study has found.
This may explain why we have had Dave and Tony as prime ministers, or why
Newt and MItt are vying to be candidates for the U.S. presidency.
Psychologists did a series of tests to prove an ‘easy’ name made people ‘
form a more positive impression’ of someone.
People with a name that is more easily pronounced have better prospects of
climbing the career ladder, a study has found. Pictured, Microsoft legend
Bill Gates and Google's Larry Page
People with a name that is more easily pronounced have better prospects of
climbing the career ladder, a study has found. Pictured, Microsoft legend
Bill Gates and Google's Larry Page
People with a name that is more easily pronounced have better prospects of
climbing the career ladder, a study has found. Pictured, Microsoft legend
Bill Gates and Google's Larry Page
In a survey, they found participants preferred names such as Smith and Gant
to Colquhon and Farquharson.
By looking through 500 law graduates from the same academic year, they found
those with more pronounceable names were also more likely to have attained
a more senior position at their firms.
Those with first names and surnames which were easy on the ear were found to
have done the best, added the researchers from Melbourne and New York
Universities.
Dr Adam Alter, co-author of the study, said it was all down to the ‘fluency
’ of the name and how it slips off the tongue – regardless of its length
or how common it is.
The thought process is a ‘hidden bias’ which people might not be aware of
but affects many of our decisions and choices, he told the Journal of
Experimental Social Psychology.
People tend to be attracted to names similar to their own, or recognise
people from their own country or background, he added.
Previous research has shown we judge success and even attractiveness on
people’s names. |
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