Evaluations of hiring policies for fairness - the influences of problem framing and moral beliefs (Moroccan study)

This study compares three possible hiring methods (Competency-Based Hiring vs. Process-Oriented Bias Correction vs. Outcome-Oriented Bias Correction) for their perceived fairness and efficiency (i.e., the quality of the selected candidates) in the Moroccan society. Morocco-based participants are exposed to three different fictional scenarios where a company is described to be facing a hiring problem (baseline scenario vs. gender discrepancy vs. gender bias against women) and are asked to rate the three hiring methods on how fair they are and how likely they are to help the company find the best candidate. We explore the relationships between the framing of the hiring problem, people's moral beliefs about gender equality, their gender role beliefs, and how the hiring methods are evaluated.