Leadership with an accent? An experimental study into the effect of native and non-native accentedness in English on evaluations of perceived leadership.

dc.contributor.advisor	Hendriks, B.C.
dc.contributor.advisor	Meurs, W.F.J. van
dc.contributor.author	Riemsdijk, L. van
dc.date.issued	2019-11-29
dc.description.abstract	In a matched-guise and verbal-guise experiment, 277 listeners with three nationalities (92 Dutch, 92 Danish and 93 native speakers of English) listened to samples recorded by male speakers with three accents (Dutch, Danish and British). Accent and listener nationality were evaluated for perceived leadership ability (status, solidarity, dynamism and leadership qualities) and comprehension (perceived intelligibility and actual comprehension). Results showed that Danish-accented speech was evaluated more negatively than British-accented for leadership qualities and status and that Dutch-accented speech was evaluated more negatively than British-accented speech for status. Overall, findings indicated that a non-native English accent might lead to more negative evaluations of leadership qualities than a native English accent.	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	https://theses.ubn.ru.nl/handle/123456789/8611
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.thesis.faculty	Faculteit der Letteren	en_US
dc.thesis.specialisation	International Business Communication	en_US
dc.thesis.studyprogramme	Master Communicatie- en informatiewetenschappen	en_US
dc.thesis.type	Master	en_US
dc.title	Leadership with an accent? An experimental study into the effect of native and non-native accentedness in English on evaluations of perceived leadership.	en_US

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