Table 2.
Confirmatory factor analysis.
Constructs and the sources of the measures | Alpha | CR | Standardized Loadings (λyi) |
Reliability (λ2yi) |
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 |