Voice pitch influences voting behavior

Tigue, Cara C.; Borak, Diana J.; O'Connor, Jillian J.M.; Schandl, Charles; Feinberg, David R.

doi:10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2011.09.004

Cited by 247 publications

(299 citation statements)

References 29 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

239

Contrasting

Unclassified

Order By: Relevance

“…Tigue et al [17], however, found that lower-pitched voices of former United States presidents are perceived to be more trustworthy. One explanation for this difference between our study and Tigue et al [17] is the vocal stimuli presented to the listeners. Our 'vote for me' stimulus frames the forced choices within the context of an election.…”

Section: Results and Discussion (A) Do Listeners Prefer Female Leadermentioning

confidence: 96%

“…Among men, lower-pitched male voices are perceived to be stronger and more competent, attributes that are probably correlated with perceptions of leadership capacity (and especially so within the context of male -male competition). Future research should continue to examine how these perceptions of leadership capacity might vary under different electoral contexts, such as wartime [17,34] and economic crisis.…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Despite evidence that voice pitch influences impressionistic judgements of the speaker, only one study, to our knowledge, has examined whether this vocal signal affects the selection of leaders [17]. In an experiment, recordings of nine United States presidents (five Democrats and four Republicans) were manipulated to yield a higher-and lower-pitched version of the original.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Given the lack of research on the link between vote choice and voice pitch, Tigue et al [17] was an important first step in determining how this vocal signal might affect electoral success. However, important questions remain as to how voice pitch might affect the selection of leaders.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 3 more Smart Citations

Sounds like a winner: voice pitch influences perception of leadership capacity in both men and women

2012

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

It is well known that non-human animals respond to information encoded in vocal signals, and the same can be said of humans. Specifically, human voice pitch affects how speakers are perceived. As such, does voice pitch affect how we perceive and select our leaders? To answer this question, we recorded men and women saying 'I urge you to vote for me this November'. Each recording was manipulated digitally to yield a higher-and lower-pitched version of the original. We then asked men and women to vote for either the lower-or higher-pitched version of each voice. Our results show that both men and women select male and female leaders with lower voices. These findings suggest that men and women with lower-pitched voices may be more successful in obtaining positions of leadership. This might also suggest that because women, on average, have higher-pitched voices than men, voice pitch could be a factor that contributes to fewer women holding leadership roles than men. Additionally, while people are free to choose their leaders, these results clearly demonstrate that these choices cannot be understood in isolation from biological influences.

show abstract

Section: Results and Discussion (A) Do Listeners Prefer Female Leadermentioning

confidence: 96%

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 2 more Smart Citations

Sounds like a winner: voice pitch influences perception of leadership capacity in both men and women

2012

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…It has been found that cues that denote physical dominance are associated with a weaker preference for the redistribution of wealth (Petersen, Sznycer, Sell, Cosmides & Tooby, 2013) and are positively associated with the extent to which men prefer to resolve confrontation through competitive means (Sell et al, 2009). The importance of dominance cues in leadership choices (Little et al, 2007;Re & Perrett, 2014;Tigue, Borak, O'Connor, Schandl & Feinberg, 2012) may, at least in part, reflect an evolved preference for leaders who are better-placed to accrue fitness benefits for group members whilst representing and/or protecting their group from out-groups (i.e. competitors; see Flinn, Ponzi &Muehlenbein, 2012 andMacDonald, Navarette & for related discussion).…”

Section: Dominance Trustworthiness and Attractiveness And Managerialmentioning

confidence: 99%

Perceptions of facial dominance, trustworthiness and attractiveness predict managerial pay awards in experimental tasks

Fruhen

Watkins

Jones

2015

The Leadership Quarterly

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Positive associations between physical attractiveness and employee reward are well-documented within the organizational literature. Although the impact of facial cues to trustworthiness and dominance on a number of social outcomes has been established outside of the workplace, the extent to which they affect pay at different managerial levels in addition to attractiveness is yet to be investigated. This paper presents research into this issue using a face payment task for shop floor managers (Retail Managers) and senior managers (Heads of Retail Operations). Evaluations indicated that all three facial cues were positively associated with awarded pay at both managerial levels. Moreover, attractiveness had a significantly stronger link with shop-floor managers' than senior managers' pay, whereas perceived trustworthiness and perceived dominance had significantly stronger links with pay for senior managers than shop-floor managers. It further emerged that women were paid more in this experimental task where pay was awarded solely based on facial features and that the facial features were more predictive of women's than men's pay. Awareness of the role of physical cues in pay awards can be considered by organizations to reduce biases in remuneration. FACIAL CUES AND PAY2

show abstract

Power and Dominance in Nonverbal Communication

Dunbar

2015

The International Encyclopedia of Interpersonal Communication

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Interpersonal power and dominance are communicated in a variety of ways: (a) through the kinesic cues displayed such as facial expressions, gestures, body posture, and movement; (b) through access to greater personal space and higher status territory; (c) through the use of haptics, especially non‐reciprocal touch and touch initiation; (d) by vocalic cues like voice pitch, loudness, the use of pauses and interruptions; and (e) through contextual cues such as appearance and clothing, and cues of status and precedence. Dominance and submission messages can be communicated through a variety of nonverbal channels and often they work in tandem to create messages of dominance and control versus submission and weakness.

show abstract

Voice pitch influences voting behavior

Cited by 247 publications

References 29 publications

Sounds like a winner: voice pitch influences perception of leadership capacity in both men and women

Sounds like a winner: voice pitch influences perception of leadership capacity in both men and women

Perceptions of facial dominance, trustworthiness and attractiveness predict managerial pay awards in experimental tasks

Power and Dominance in Nonverbal Communication

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About