Table 2 Utilities of applicant’s characteristics for project management position: odds ratios of the alternative-specific conditional choice model

Applicant’s characteristics (first alternative)

 Qualification of applicant (ref.: advanced training)

  Bachelor‘s degree (training-integrated)

  Bachelor‘s degree (practice-integrated)

 Place of training applicant (ref.: own establishment)

  External establishment

 Final mark applicant (ref.: very good)

  Satisfactory

 Occupational experience applicant (ref.: none)

  2 years in external establishment

  2 years in own establishment

 Occupational specialisation of applicant (ref.: matches partly)

  Matches fully

 Alternatives (ref.: first applicant)

  Second applicant

  Third applicant

  None of the applicants

Interaction effects with other alternatives

 Applicant X severity of the job decision (ref: “partly, partly”)

  Second applicant X “easy”

  Second applicant X “difficult”

  Third applicant X “easy”

  Third applicant X “difficult”

  None of the applicants X “easy”

  None of the applicants X “difficult”

 Applicant X description of the persons (ref: “sufficient”)

  Second applicant X “too specific”

  Second applicant X “too non-specific”

  Third applicant X “too specific”

  Third applicant X “too non-specific”

  None of the applicants X “too specific”

  None of the applicants X “too non-specific”

 Applicant X task area (ref: technical area)

  Second applicant X commercial area

  Second applicant X technical and commercial area

  Second applicant X other area

  Third applicant X commercial area

  Third applicant X technical and commercial area

  Third applicant X other area

  None of the applicants X commercial area

  None of the applicants X technical and commercial area

  None of the applicants X other area

 Applicants X training strategy (ref: bachelor in dual studies)

  Second applicant X advanced further training only

  Second applicant X neither

  Third applicant X advanced further training only

  Third applicant X neither

  None of the applicants X advanced further training only

  None of the applicants X neither

 Applicants X no. choice set (ref.: first)

  Second applicant X second choice set

  Second applicant X third choice set

  Third applicant X second choice set

  Third applicant X third choice set

  None of the applicants X second choice set

  None of the applicants X third choice set

  N

  AIC

  LL