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Published in final edited form as: Am Sociol Rev. 2016 Mar 2;81(2):262–289. doi: 10.1177/0003122416630982

Table 3.

Mediation Analysis of the Role of Perceived Competence and Commitment in Explaining the Effects of Nonstandard and Mismatched Employment Histories on Interview Recommendations

	Perceived Competence		Perceived Commitment

	ACME	Proportion of Total Effect Mediated	ACME	Proportion of Total Effect Mediated
A. Male Applicants
Part-Time	−.008 [−.042, .028]	.098	−.037 [−.072, −.000]	.404
Skills Underutilization	−.090 [−.128, −.053]	.685	−.040 [−.077, −.003]	.318
Unemployment	−.032 [−.063, −.001]	.366	−.008 [−.038, .023]	.098
B. Female Applicants
Skills Underutilization	−.109 [−.150, −.066]	.941	−.034 [−.073, .004]	.301

Note: 95% confidence intervals are in brackets. Estimates were derived from 1,500 simulations; standard errors are clustered by respondent. Bold ACME estimates indicate the confidence interval does not include zero.