In the eye of the beholder: Body size, leadership perceptions, and the endogeneity of student council roles in South Korea
Preprint
- 26 February 2026
- preprint
- Published by Elsevier in SSRN Electronic Journal
Abstract
2 Highlights3 In the eye of the beholder: Body size, leadership perceptions, and the endogeneity of student council 4 roles in South KoreaHeight positively affects leadership perception, especially by self and teachers Recursive Probit models correct for hidden selection bias in student council rolesEffect of height modest but consistent, taller students appear more ``leader-like'' Weight shows a significant quadratic relationship with leadershipPolicies must decouple leadership development from adolescent physical attributesKeywords
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