Table 3.

The relationship between purpose and work engagement as mediated by autonomous motivation.

	β	SD	95% BCa CI
			2.50%	97.50%
Total effects	0.56***	0.07	0.42	0.67
Total indirect effects	0.22 ***	0.06	0.11	0.33
Direct effects	0.34 ***	0.08	0.19	0.50
Specific indirect effects via
Amotivation	0.00	0.03	−0.06	0.06
Controlled motivation	−0.01	0.01	−0.06	0.00
Autonomous motivation	0.23 ***	0.05	0.14	0.33

95% BCa CI, bias corrected and accelerated confidence interval; β, standardized regression coefficient; SD, standard deviation; 2.50%, lower bound; 97.50%, upper bound.

^*** p < 0.001 (two-tailed).