Table 3.
Discriminant validity: average variance extracted estimates (AVE) and squared interconstruct correlation estimates (SIC)
| F1a | F2 | F3 | F4 | F5 | F6 | F7 | F8 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AVE | 
0.648 | 
0.657 | 
0.696 | 
0.634 | 
0.594 | 
0.630 | 
0.712 | 
0.706 | 
| SIC | 
  | 
  | 
  | 
  | 
  | 
  | 
  | 
  | 
| F1 | 
. | 
0.140 | 
0.029 | 
0.065 | 
0.213 | 
0.049 | 
0.053 | 
0.055 | 
| F2 | 
  | 
. | 
0.208 | 
0.375 | 
0.381 | 
0.108 | 
0.244 | 
0.300 | 
| F3 | 
  | 
  | 
. | 
0.203 | 
0.210 | 
0.159 | 
0.215 | 
0.083 | 
| F4 | 
  | 
  | 
  | 
. | 
0.290 | 
0.200 | 
0.285 | 
0.224 | 
| F5 | 
  | 
  | 
  | 
  | 
. | 
0.191 | 
0.236 | 
0.199 | 
| F6 | 
  | 
  | 
  | 
  | 
  | 
. | 
0.124 | 
0.185 | 
| F7 | . | 0.035 | 
aF1: continuing education; F2: tasks; F3: salary and benefits; F4: workload;
F5: management style; F6: job stability; F7: work environment; F8: moral satisfaction.