TABLE 3.

Correlation matrix and square root of the AVE.

	ATSM	EXT	AGR	OPEN	NEUR	CONS	IMME
ATSM	0.59
EXT	0.14*	0.64
AGR	0.13*	0.60*	0.64
OPEN	0.18*	0.52*	0.54*	0.58
NEUR	0.08*	−0.23*	−0.05*	−0.01	0.57
CONS	0.07*	0.38*	0.44*	0.45*	0.08*	0.59
IMME	0.64*	0.08*	0.08*	0.15*	0.15*	0.06*	0.54
Discriminant validity	1.45	1.87	1.78	2.02	11.16	2.88	1.33

*p < 0.05; Diagonal elements (in bold) are the square root of the average variance extracted (AVE). Convergent validity = AVE ≧ 0.5. Discriminant validity coefficient = AVE/(Correlation)²; where (Correlation)² = highest (Correlation)² between factor of interest and remaining factors.