Table 2.
Results for Moderated-Mediation Analyses for Study 1, by Condition
| Condition: Casual vs business casual | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Appropriateness (MED) | Perceptions of ethicality (Y) | ||||||
| Coefficient (SE) | Lower level confidence interval | Upper level confidence interval | Coefficient (SE) | Lower level | Upper level confidence interval | ||
| Attire style, X (a1) | − 1.75 (0.23) | − 2.18 | − 1.30 | Attire style, X (c') | 0.05 (0.20) | − 0.34 | 0.44 |
| Industry type, W (a2) | 0.39 (0.24) | − 0.08 | 0.86 | Appropriateness, MED (b) | 0.35 (0.07) | 0.21 | 0.49 |
| X × W (a3) | 0.34 (0.33) | − 0.32 | 1.00 | Constant (iy) | 2.78 (0.31) | 2.17 | 3.38 |
| Constant (imed) | 3.75 (0.18) | 3.39 | 4.10 | ||||
| R2 = 0.36 F(3, 200) = 37.29, p < 0.001 | R2 = 0.17 F(2, 201) = 20.66, p < 0.001 | ||||||
| Moderated-mediation | 0.12 (0.12) | − 0.11 | 0.37 | ||||
| Indirect effects (W = 0) | − 0.61 (0.15) | − 0.92 | − 0.33 | ||||
| Indirect effects (W = 1) | − 0.49 (0.13) | − 0.78 | − 0.26 | ||||
| Condition: Casual vs business formal | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Appropriateness (MED) | Perceptions of ethicality (Y) | ||||||
| Coefficient (SE) | Lower level confidence interval | Upper level confidence interval | Coefficient (SE) | Lower level confidence interval | Upper level confidence interval | ||
| Attire style, X (a1) | − 2.43 (0.20) | − 2.79 | − 2.02 | Attire style, X (c') | 0.21 (0.20) | − 0.18 | 0.61 |
| Industry type, W (a2) | − 0.74 (0.22) | − 1.17 | − 0.31 | Appropriateness, MED (b) | 0.32 (0.07) | 0.18 | 0.46 |
| X × W (a3) | 1.47 (0.32) | 0.86 | 2.10 | Constant (iy) | 2.70 (0.32) | 2.06 | 3.3 |
| Constant (imed) | 4.43 (0.14) | 4.13 | 4.69 | ||||
| R2 = 0.40 F(3, 211) = 47.73, p < 0.001 | R2 = 0.14 F(2, 212) = 16.76, p < 0.001 | ||||||
| Moderated-mediation | 0.47 (0.14) | 0.23 | 0.76 | ||||
| Indirect effects (W = 0) | − 0.77 (0.18) | − 1.14 | − 0.44 | ||||
| Indirect effects (W = 1) | − 0.30 (0.11) | − 0.55 | − 0.12 | ||||
| Condition: Business casual vs business formal | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Appropriateness (MED) | Perceptions of ethicality (Y) | ||||||
| Coefficient (SE) | Lower level confidence interval | Upper level confidence interval | Coefficient (SE) | Lower level confidence interval | Upper level confidence interval | ||
| Attire style, X (a1) | − 0.68 (0.23) | − 1.13 | − 0.22 | Attire style, X (c') | 0.21 (0.16) | − 0.11 | 0.53 |
| Industry type, W (a2) | − 0.74 (0.22) | − 1.17 | − 0.30 | Appropriateness, MED (b) | 0.28 (0.07) | 0.14 | 0.42 |
| X × W (a3) | 1.13 (0.33) | 0.49 | 1.77 | Constant (iy) | 2.85 (0.33) | 2.19 | 3.48 |
| Constant (imed) | 4.43 (0.14) | 4.12 | 4.69 | ||||
| R2 = 0.06 F(3, 223) = 4.68, p < 0.01 | R2 = 0.08 F(2, 224) = 10.19, p < 0.001 | ||||||
| Moderated-mediation | 0.31 (0.12) | 0.11 | 0.57 | ||||
| Indirect effects (W = 0) | − 0.19 (0.08) | − 0.37 | − 0.05 | ||||
| Indirect effects (W = 1) | 0.13 (0.07) | 0.00 | 0.27 | ||||
Moderated-mediation determines if moderated-mediation is present, where it is present if zero (0) is not in the 95% bootstrap confidence interval
Indirect effects represent the conditional indirect effects at both levels of the moderator (W = industry type), where 0 = professional services and 1 = IT