Table 3 Results of the path analysis.

From: Detecting causal relationships between work motivation and job performance: a meta-analytic review of cross-lagged studies

    

Estimate

analysis

k

n

M1 → M2

P1 → P2

M1 ~ P1

M2 ~ P2

M1 → P2

P1 → M2

Overall

11

4386

0.805**

0.491**

0.340**

0.128**

0.143**

−0.014

performance measure

TP

9

4021

0.805**

0.487**

0.330**

0.248**

0.129**

−0.016

OCB

5

1337

0.858**

0.631**

0.340**

0.388**

0.085**

−0.052**

motivation measure

WE

8

3599

0.824**

0.487**

0.320**

0.118**

0.134**

−0.014

other

4

1145

0.759**

0.559**

0.410**

0.411**

0.101**

−0.071**

time lag

1–6 months

7

1728

0.836**

0.571**

0.400**

0.136**

0.121**

−0.014

7–12 months

4

2658

0.799**

0.443**

0.310**

0.232**

0.153**

−0.028*

  1. **p < 0.01; *p < 0.05; M1 → M2 = path coefficient from Motivation (T1) to Motivation (T2); P1 → P2 = path coefficient from Performance (T1) to Performance (T2); M1 → P2 = path coefficient from Motivation (T1) to Performance (T2); P1 → M2 = path coefficient from Permanence (T1) to Motivation (T2); M1 ~ P1 = coefficient of Motivation (T1) with Performance (T1); M2 ~ P2 = coefficient of Motivation (T2) with Performance (T2).
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