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. 2023 Oct 4;9(10):e20493. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e20493

Table 2.

Confirmatory factor analysis.

Constructs and the sources of the measures Alpha CR Standardized
Loadings (λyi)
Reliability
2yi)
Variance
(Var(εi))
Average
Variance-Extracted
Estimate
Σ (λ2yi)/[(λ2yi) + (Var(εi))]
Amotivation (Gagné et al., 2020) 0.72 0.80 0.57
I don't, because I really feel that I'm wasting my time at work 0.72 0.52 0.48
I do little because I don't think this work is worth putting efforts into 0.78 0.61 0.39
I don't know why I'm doing this job, it's pointless work 0.76 0.58 0.42
Intrinsic Motivation (Gagné et al., 2020) 0.76 0.82 0.61
Because I have fun doing my job 0.79 0.62 0.38
Because what I do in my work is exciting 0.85 0.71 0.29
Because the work I do is interesting 0.70 0.48 0.52
Introjected Regulation (Gagné et al., 2020) 0.81 0.86 0.00 1.00 0.60
Because I have to prove to myself that I can 0.75 0.56 0.44
Because it makes me feel proud of myself. 0.85 0.72 0.28
Because otherwise I will feel ashamed of myself. 0.74 0.54 0.46
Because otherwise I will feel bad about myself 0.76 0.58 0.42
Affective Commitment (Allen & Meyer, 1990) 0.87 0.93 0.64
I would be very happy to spend the rest of my career with this organization 0.72 0.52 0.48
I enjoy discussing my organization with people outside it 0.79 0.62 0.38
I really feel as if this organization's problems are my own 0.73 0.53 0.47
I think that I could easily become as attached to another organization as I am to this one (R) 0.77 0.59 0.41
I do not feel like ‘part of the family at my organization (R) 0.85 0.72 0.28
I do not feel ‘emotionally attached to this organization (R) 0.81 0.66 0.34
This organization has a great deal of personal meaning for me 0.89 0.79 0.21
I do not feel a strong sense of belonging to my organization (R) 0.83 0.68 0.32
Continuance Commitment (Allen & Meyer, 1990) 0.83 0.92 0.59
I am not afraid of what might happen if I quit my job without having another one lined up (R) 0.72 0.52 0.48
It would be very hard for me to leave my organization right now, even if I wanted to 0.74 0.54 0.46
Too much in my life would be disrupted if I decided I wanted to leave my organization now 0.71 0.51 0.49
It wouldn't be too costly for me to leave my organization now (R) 0.70 0.49 0.51
Right now, staying with my organization is a matter of necessity as much as desire 0.73 0.53 0.47
I feel that I have too few options to consider leaving this organization 0.83 0.68 0.32
One of the few serious consequences of leaving this organization would be the scarcity of available alternatives 0.87 0.76 0.24
One of the major reasons I continue to work for this organization is that leaving would require considerable personal sacrifice - another organization may not match the overall benefits I have here 0.83 0.69 0.31
Normative Commitment (Allen & Meyer, 1990) 0.80 0.94 0.65
I think that people these days move from company to company too often 0.74 0.55 0.45
I do not believe that a person must always be loyal to his or her organization (R) 0.76 0.58 0.42
Jumping from organization to organization does not seem at all unethical to me (R) 0.75 0.56 0.44
One of the major reasons I continue to work for this organization is that I believe that loyalty is important and therefore feel a sense of moral obligation to remain 0.87 0.75 0.25
If I got another offer for a better job elsewhere I would not feel it was right to leave my organization 0.83 0.68 0.32
I was taught to believe in the value of remaining loyal to one organization 0.87 0.76 0.24
Things were better in the days when people stayed with one organization for most of their career 0.79 0.62 0.38
I do not think that wanting to be a ‘company man’ or ‘company woman’ is sensible anymore (R) 0.83 0.69 0.31
Turnover Intention (Olusegun, 2013) 0.83 0.92 0.60
I would quit my present job for a similar position with better pay in another organization at the least opportunity 0.79 0.62 0.38
Continuation with my present employer will not fulfill my life expectation 0.78 0.61 0.39
As soon as I can find a better job, I will quit this organization 0.84 0.71 0.29
I often think about quitting my job 0.72 0.52 0.48
I will probably look for a job outside of this organization within the next 3 years 0.71 0.50 0.50
It is very unlikely that I would ever consider leaving this organization 0.76 0.58 0.42
I prefer very much not to continue working for this organization 0.77 0.59 0.41
I will likely actively look for a new job in the next year 0.81 0.66 0.34