Table 15 Path analysis and significance test result of the mediating effect of core values → positive behaviors.

From: Construction of leadership competency model for civil aviation flight cadets: An empirical study from China

Type of effect

STD estimate of indirect effect

Estimate of indirect effect

P-value of a two-sided test

95% confidence interval

Result

Ind1

0.521

0.477***

0.000

0.245,0.726

significant

Proportion of indirect effects

60.37%*(0.521/0.863)

Ind2

0.140

0.129**

0.005

0.024,0.334

significant

Proportion of indirect effects

16.20%(0.140/0.863)

Ind3

0.202

0.185**

0.001

0.071,0.424

significant

Proportion of indirect effects

23.41%(0.202/0.863)

Ind1-Ind2

0.381

0.348*

0.041

0.016,0.711

significant

Ind1-Ind3

0.319

0.285

0.159

-0.137,0.610

non-significant

Ind2-Ind3

-0.062

-0.063

0.435

-0.261,0.178

non-significant

Direct effect

     

Total effect

0.863

0.790**

0.001

0.642,0.916

significant

Total indirect effects

0.863

0.790**

0.001

0.642,0.916

significant

Proportion of total indirect effects

100%(0.863/0.863)

Ind1: H2.1core values-outstanding thinking-positive behaviors

Ind2: H2.2core values-leader competency-positive behaviors

Ind3: H2.3core values-outstanding thinking-leader competency-positive behaviors

  1. Note:* p < 0.05,** p < 0.01 *** p < 0.001.