TABLE 2.

Descriptive statistics, correlations, and discriminant validity.

	Variables	Mean	SD	CR	α	AVE	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
1	Professional status	2.05	0.77		–	–	–
2	Experience	3.10	0.87		–	–	−0.09	–
3	Age	2.87	0.86		–	–	0.00	−0.11	–
4	Gender	1.24	0.42		–	–	−0.19**	−0.27**	0.05	–
5	Organizational cronyism	2.98	0.90	0.92	0.93	0.66	0.031	0.14*	−0.13*	−0.039**	(0.81)
6	Islamic work ethics	3.60	0.77	0.94	0.94	0.51	0–0.11	−0.18**	0.11	0.28**	−0.05	(0.71)
7	Work engagement	4.00	0.78	0.93	0.92	0.69	0–0.07	−0.25**	0.10	0.26**	−0.32**	0.24**	(0.83)
8	Employee performance	3.56	0.80	0.93	0.93	0.68	−0.07	−0.17**	0.13*	0.27**	−0.18**	0.31**	0.15*	(0.82)

N = 267, **p<0.01, *p<0.05. SD, Standard deviation; CR, Construct reliability; α, Cronbach’s alpha; AVE, Average variance extracted.