摘要：This paper reports the results of a study conducted by the authors designed to address the
question of whether the attire of male professors impacts the perceptions of male and female
students differently as to the quality of instruction and their overall satisfaction with the
academic program. Specifically, male and female students were surveyed using two different
versions of a questionnaire which depicted a male model wearing casual, business casual, and
professional clothing. Overall, in most cases the male instructor who was dressed more
professionally was held in higher esteem by students of both genders. However, opposite results
were found with respect to the male instructor’s ability to relate course information to the real
world as well as his willingness to answer questions and listen to student opinions. Further,
female students did rate the instructor more positively in all cases, although in some cases the
difference was not statistically significant.
关键词：faculty attire; instructional quality; student perceptions; and gender perceptionsyne
