Published In
International Journal of Selection and Assessment
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2-1-2025
Subjects
Employment interviewing -- Psychological aspects, Discrimination -- Psychological aspects, Discrimination in employment
Abstract
To address concerns of subtle discrimination against stigmatized groups, we meta‐analyze the magnitude and moderators of bias against non‐standard accents in employment interview evaluations. Results from a multi‐level random‐effects meta‐analysis (unique effects: k = 41, N = 7,596; multi‐level effects accounting for dependencies: k = 120, N = 20,873) demonstrate that standard‐accented (SA) interviewees are consistently favored over non‐standard‐accented (NSA) interviewees (d = 0.46). Accent bias is stronger against women compared to men, particularly when evaluator samples are predominantly female, and was strongly predicted by interviewers' stereotypes of NSA interviewees as less competent and, to a lesser extent, as less warm. Accent bias was not significantly impacted by perceptions of comprehensibility, accentedness, accent type, interview modality, study rigor, or job speaking skill requirements.
Rights
© 2025 The Author(s).
DOI
10.1111/ijsa.12519
Persistent Identifier
https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/43266
Publisher
Wiley
Citation Details
Maindidze, H. T., Randall, J. G., Martin‐Raugh, M. P., & Smith, K. M. (2025). A Meta‐Analysis of Accent Bias in Employee Interviews: The Effects of Gender and Accent Stereotypes, Interview Modality, and Other Moderating Features. International Journal of Selection and Assessment, 33(1). Portico.
Description
This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution‐NonCommercial‐NoDerivs License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made