Table 3 Descriptives and Spearman...

Table 3

Descriptives and Spearman correlations for the main variables

Variable	M	SD	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
Respondents' Demographics
1. Age	31.60	8.42	0.17	−0.10	0.06	0.05	0.18**	0.02	0.09	0.01	−0.06	−0.07	−0.06	−0.06
2. Gender	−	−		−0.04	0.11*	0.09	0.08	−0.08	0.05	0.00	−0.03	-0.12*	−0.10	−0.10
3. Education	−	−			0.14**	−0.01	0.05	0.00	−0.06	−0.12*	−0.10*	−0.05	−0.07	−0.04
4. Prior residence abroad	−	−				0.15**	0.02	−0.03	−0.08	0.01	−0.07	−0.09	-0.12*	−0.08
5. Family living abroad	−	−					0.09	−0.06	−0.04	0.02	−0.04	−0.10	-0.12*	−0.08
6. Recruitment experience	−	−						−0.07	0.01	0.06	−0.07	−0.09	-0.15**	−0.08
Independent variables
7. Candidate's gender	−	−							0.01	−0.01	−0.07	−0.05	−0.09	−0.07
8. Candidate's education	−	−								0.01	0.13*	0.02	0.08	0.23**
9. Candidate's national origin	−	−									0.07	−0.08	−0.07	0.02
Dependent variables
10. Perceived similarity	2.14	0.99										0.25**	0.33**	0.29**
11. Interpersonal skills	3.53	0.63										(0.884)	0.65**	0.32**
12. Job skills	3.41	0.67											(0.869)	0.46**
13. Job suitability	3.61	0.80												(0.897)

Variable	M	SD	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
Respondents' Demographics
1. Age	31.60	8.42	0.17	−0.10	0.06	0.05	0.18**	0.02	0.09	0.01	−0.06	−0.07	−0.06	−0.06
2. Gender	−	−		−0.04	0.11*	0.09	0.08	−0.08	0.05	0.00	−0.03	-0.12*	−0.10	−0.10
3. Education	−	−			0.14**	−0.01	0.05	0.00	−0.06	−0.12*	−0.10*	−0.05	−0.07	−0.04
4. Prior residence abroad	−	−				0.15**	0.02	−0.03	−0.08	0.01	−0.07	−0.09	-0.12*	−0.08
5. Family living abroad	−	−					0.09	−0.06	−0.04	0.02	−0.04	−0.10	-0.12*	−0.08
6. Recruitment experience	−	−						−0.07	0.01	0.06	−0.07	−0.09	-0.15**	−0.08
Independent variables
7. Candidate's gender	−	−							0.01	−0.01	−0.07	−0.05	−0.09	−0.07
8. Candidate's education	−	−								0.01	0.13*	0.02	0.08	0.23**
9. Candidate's national origin	−	−									0.07	−0.08	−0.07	0.02
Dependent variables
10. Perceived similarity	2.14	0.99										0.25**	0.33**	0.29**
11. Interpersonal skills	3.53	0.63										(0.884)	0.65**	0.32**
12. Job skills	3.41	0.67											(0.869)	0.46**
13. Job suitability	3.61	0.80												(0.897)

Note(s): Spearman coefficients. Two-tailed. Significant at: *p < 0.05. **p < 0.01. n = 305–374. Cronbach's alpha estimates in parentheses, along the main diagonal. Gender (0 = Female; 1 = Male); Education (0 = No High Education, 1 = High Education); Prior residence abroad (0 = No, 1 = Yes); Family abroad (0 = No, 1 = Yes); Recruitment experience (0 = No, 1 = Yes); candidate's gender (0 = Female; 1 = Male), candidate's education (0 = No High Education, 1 = High Education); candidate's national origin (1 = Chinese, 2 = English, 3 = Portuguese)

Source(s): Authors own creation

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