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. 2025 Nov 4;8:1671997. doi: 10.3389/frai.2025.1671997

Table 2.

Results of regression analysis.

All scenarios Scenarios involving an AI Scenarios involving a human recruiter
Outcomefairness Processfairness Inter-personaltreatment Recom-mendationintention Outcomefairness Processfairness Inter-personaltreatment Recom-mendationintention Outcomefairness Processfairness Inter-personaltreatment Recom-mendationintention
(Model 1) (Model 2) (Model 3) (Model 4) (Model 1a) (Model 2a) (Model 3a) (Model 4a) (Model 1b) (Model 2b) (Model 3b) (Model 4b)
AI with explanation 0.323*** (0.060) 0.394*** (0.091) 0.526*** (0.087) 0.372*** (0.100) 0.336*** (0.065) 0.404*** (0.101) 0.546*** (0.092) 0.383*** (0.105)
Human without explanation 0.323*** (0.061) 0.416*** (0.092) 0.372*** (0.087) 0.262*** (0.100)
Human with explanation 0.371*** (0.061) 0.614*** (0.092) 0.561*** (0.087) 0.437*** (0.100) 0.051 (0.055) 0.195** (0.081) 0.185** (0.082) 0.169* (0.095)
Education (Ref. = compulsory school)
  • Apprenticeship

−0.160** (0.063) −0.243** (0.095) −0.203** (0.090) −0.215** (0.104) −0.048 (0.095) −0.177 (0.148) −0.068 (0.135) −0.042 (0.154) −0.284*** (0.082) −0.313*** (0.120) −0.334*** (0.121) −0.387*** (0.140)
  • Vocational secondary school

−0.006 (0.079) −0.157 (0.120) −0.087 (0.114) −0.199 (0.131) 0.163 (0.119) −0.034 (0.185) 0.173 (0.168) −0.032 (0.192) −0.182* (0.104) −0.287* (0.154) −0.378** (0.154) −0.384** (0.179)
  • High school

−0.199*** (0.073) −0.398*** (0.110) −0.335*** (0.104) −0.369*** (0.120) −0.185* (0.112) −0.315* (0.173) −0.204 (0.158) −0.208 (0.180) −0.219** (0.093) −0.466*** (0.137) −0.450*** (0.137) −0.525*** (0.160)
  • University degree

−0.179** (0.071) −0.343*** (0.107) −0.369*** (0.102) −0.399*** (0.117) −0.097 (0.110) −0.300* (0.171) −0.234 (0.156) −0.240 (0.178) −0.258*** (0.090) −0.385*** (0.132) −0.501*** (0.132) −0.559*** (0.154)
Age −0.005*** (0.002) −0.009*** (0.003) −0.004 (0.003) −0.006** (0.003) −0.007** (0.003) −0.015*** (0.004) −0.009** (0.004) −0.010** (0.005) −0.003 (0.002) −0.004 (0.004) 0.001 (0.004) −0.003 (0.004)
Gender (woman) −0.086** (0.043) −0.228*** (0.066) −0.192*** (0.062) −0.222*** (0.072) −0.133** (0.067) −0.235** (0.104) −0.219** (0.094) −0.273** (0.108) −0.038 (0.056) −0.224*** (0.082) −0.158* (0.082) −0.165* (0.095)
Experienced discrimination 0.030** (0.014) 0.037* (0.021) 0.048** (0.020) 0.090*** (0.023) 0.049** (0.022) 0.042 (0.035) 0.031 (0.032) 0.075** (0.036) 0.016 (0.018) 0.039 (0.026) 0.072*** (0.026) 0.105*** (0.031)
Constant 2.184*** (0.101) 2.372*** (0.154) 2.076*** (0.146) 1.962*** (0.167) 2.170*** (0.149) 2.515*** (0.231) 2.158*** (0.210) 2.010*** (0.240) 2.507*** (0.126) 2.613*** (0.185) 2.313*** (0.186) 2.159*** (0.216)
Observations 921 921 921 921 462 462 462 462 459 459 459 459
R 2 0.082 0.094 0.092 0.076 0.095 0.079 0.099 0.067 0.046 0.072 0.080 0.087
Adjusted R2 0.072 0.084 0.083 0.066 0.079 0.063 0.084 0.051 0.029 0.056 0.063 0.070
Residual Std. error 0.645 (df = 910) 0.978 (df = 910) 0.929 (df = 910) 1.066 (df = 910) 0.693 (df = 453) 1.077 (df = 453) 0.981 (df = 453) 1.119 (df = 453) 0.591 (df = 450) 0.871 (df = 450) 0.871 (df = 450) 1.013 (df = 450)
F statistic 8.138*** (df = 10; 910) 9.431*** (df = 10; 910) 9.275*** (df = 10; 910) 7.521*** (df = 10; 910) 5.952*** (df = 8; 453) 4.870*** (df = 8; 453) 6.251*** (df = 8; 453) 4.093*** (df = 8; 453) 2.722*** (df = 8; 450) 4.389*** (df = 8; 450) 4.875*** (df = 8; 450) 5.329*** (df = 8; 450)

*p, **p, ***p < 0.01. The table displays the unstandardized coefficients of OLS regression models with dummy variables for the different scenarios as independent variables (reference category is AI without explanation). Standard errors are given in parentheses. Models 1 to 4 are based on the pooled sample of all four scenarios, while Models 1a to 4a are based on the two pooled AI scenarios or Models 1b to 4b on the two pooled human scenarios.