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Management students of both sexes (N = 76) at the University of Texas at Austin evaluated an absent officeholder more positively on nine personality traits if his desk was messy than if it was neat. The positive effect of a messy desk lessened with the presence of the occupant, however, and his ratings for sincerity, intelligence, ambition, warmth, and calmness improved when his desk was tidy.
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