Research Institute for Labour Economics and Labour Law, University of St Gallen, Switzerland.
Acta Ophthalmol. 2009 Nov;87(7):784-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2008.01352.x. Epub 2008 Oct 30.
The aim of this study was to determine the influence of strabismus on an individual's ability to find employment based on the opinion of Swiss headhunters.
Forty Swiss headhunters retrieved from a Swiss online telephone directory were interviewed using a validated questionnaire in order to determine if strabismus would have an impact on a person's ability to find employment. Photographs of a strabismic man and woman as well as of other computer-generated facial anomalies could be downloaded from the Internet during the interview.
72.5% of headhunters judged that strabismic individuals would have more difficulties in finding a job than orthotropic persons. These difficulties were judged to be stronger in women than in men (P = 0.006), and in exotropic compared to esotropic persons (P = 0.01). Asked about seven facial anomalies, exotropia was found to have the third and esotropia the fourth (women) or fifth (men) most strongly negative impact on finding employment, after having strong acne and a visible missing tooth. Headhunters judged that persons with strabismus are significantly perceived as less attractive and less intelligent by potential employers.
Visible strabismus negatively influences individuals' ability to find a job and therefore has an impact on their economic status. Successful strabismus surgery realigns the visual axes, producing a normal facial appearance and therefore eliminating the negative impact of strabismus on employability.
本研究旨在根据瑞士猎头的观点，确定斜视对个人就业能力的影响。
从瑞士在线电话簿中检索了 40 名瑞士猎头，并用经过验证的问卷对他们进行了访谈，以确定斜视是否会影响一个人的就业能力。在访谈过程中，可以从互联网上下载斜视男性和女性的照片以及其他计算机生成的面部异常照片。
72.5%的猎头认为斜视患者比正常眼位的人更难找到工作。他们认为女性比男性的困难更大（P = 0.006），外斜视比内斜视的人更困难（P = 0.01）。对于七种面部异常情况，外斜视被认为是对就业影响第三大的（女性）或第四大（男性）面部异常，仅次于严重的痤疮和明显缺失的牙齿。猎头认为斜视患者会被潜在雇主明显认为缺乏吸引力和智力。
明显的斜视会对个人的就业能力产生负面影响，从而影响他们的经济地位。成功的斜视手术可以矫正视觉轴，使面部外观正常，从而消除斜视对就业能力的负面影响。
