Zelch Posted February 19, 2012 Posted February 19, 2012 Southies worldwide should unite to face this injustice :hitler: Researchers found that a 'name pronunciation effect' played a major role in how people were perceived by colleagues and friends. The team of American and Australian scientists concluded that the easier a person's name was to say, the better their success was in the workplace and the quicker they were promoted. Their study, published in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, also found a simple name improved people's ability to make new friends. Dr Simon Laham, from Melbourne University, who led the study, said people with simple names were generally judged more positively. ŵhe effect is not due merely to the length of a name or how foreign-sounding or unusual it is, but rather how easy it is to pronounce," he said. Dr Adam Alter, a co-author from New York UniversityÃÔ Stern School of Business, added: űeople simply arenÃÕ aware of the subtle impact that names can have on their judgments. In their study, mainly conducted in the field, the team investigated the way names can influence a personÃÔ impressions and decision making. They looked at dozens of surnames from different nationalities of about 500 university student volunteers from Anglo, Asian, and European backgrounds and a field of 500 lawyers in America. The team found that people with more 'pronounceable' names were more likely to win political office. Meanwhile, they found that American lawyers with easier sounding names were promoted faster within their law firms. They were asked to rate each names by fluency - or how easy they were to pronounce - "likability", with the team finding a "strong relationship between the two". Names including Sherman, Jenkins, Benson, Angus and OÃÔullivan ranked among the easiest to pronounce, while Farquharson and Loughnane and European names such as Leszczynska were found to lack fluency. "We show in the paper that the effect isnÃÕ merely an anti-foreign name effect," Dr Alter told The Daily Telegraph. "The effects we find persist even when theyÃÓe confined to fluent and disfluent local (anglo) names." They concluded that a name that your friends and peers did not stumble over, was the key to their success. Dr Laham, from Melbourne UniversityÃÔ School of Psychological Sciences, said the results could have important implications for how managers dealt with perceived bias and discrimination. ŪtÃÔ important to appreciate the subtle biases that shape our choices and judgments about others, he said. Å´uch an appreciation may help us de-bias our thinking, leading to fairer, more objective treatment of others. The findings add weight to previous research which suggested that company stocks with simpler names outperformed more complex business names immediately after they appear on the market. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/9071704/Having-an-easy-to-say-name-will-help-you-get-promoted.html
Prakat Posted February 19, 2012 Posted February 19, 2012 Goodness Gracious Me said it years ago... :dontmentionit:
akshayxyz Posted February 20, 2012 Posted February 20, 2012 पमुलपर्ति वेंकट नरसिम्हा राव says :hi: On the topic - one person I know, MBA from one of the very top BSchool in US, changed his name from "Surender" to "XXXX", because his american colleagues would pronounce his name as "Surrender". And he felt it may affect his progress/reputation in future.
DomainK Posted February 20, 2012 Posted February 20, 2012 You mean Lady Gaga would have pwned Einstein in a job promotion contest?
Desi Cartman Posted February 20, 2012 Posted February 20, 2012 Should I go for 50 cents or puff daddy? I would have gone for snoop dog but I guess pk has rights for that one
bajrang Posted February 20, 2012 Posted February 20, 2012 पमुलपर्ति वेंकट नरसिम्हा राव says :hi: On the topic - one person I know, MBA from one of the very top BSchool in US, changed his name from "Surender" to "XXXX", because his american colleagues would pronounce his name as "Surrender". And he felt it may affect his progress/reputation in future. lol reminds me of peter russal joke about indian names like sukhdeep, ramandeep and hardik.
ganeshran Posted February 20, 2012 Posted February 20, 2012 hardik and dikshit are probably the least promoted names among all.
kirkutfan Posted February 20, 2012 Posted February 20, 2012 That is why many Chinese immigrants to the US have an "American" name for the work place and a Chinese name for the household.
Stuge Posted February 20, 2012 Posted February 20, 2012 So if R.an.di( full name R.a.n.d.i zuckerberg) emigrates to India and work here . She willl get promotion in no time :hmmm:
flamy Posted February 20, 2012 Posted February 20, 2012 Ron Paul says :protest: :hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical: :hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical: Bluddy Brilliant! pokay
Sidhoni Posted February 21, 2012 Posted February 21, 2012 पमुलपर्ति वेंकट नरसिम्हा राव says :hi: On the topic - one person I know, MBA from one of the very top BSchool in US, changed his name from "Surender" to "XXXX", because his american colleagues would pronounce his name as "Surrender". And he felt it may affect his progress/reputation in future. :haha:
f.b.m Posted February 21, 2012 Posted February 21, 2012 Louis Petrus van der Westhuizen says hi.. Or maybe not.
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