Table 5 Results of process.

From: Organizational slack, entrepreneurial orientation, and corporate political activity: From the behavioral theory of the firm

 

Effect

Boot SE

t-value

P-value

LLCI

ULCI

Total effect

Financial slack–CPA

0.405

0.065

6.242

0.000

0.298

0.512

Operational slack–CPA

0.321

0.065

4.949

0.000

0.214

0.429

Direct effect

Financial slack–CPA

0.362

0.070

5.197

0.000

0.247

0.477

Operational slack–CPA

0.267

0.070

3.834

0.000

0.152

0.382

Indirect effect

Effect

Boot SE

LLCI

ULCI

  

Financial slack–Entrepreneurial behavior–CPA

0.003

0.023

−0.032

0.042

  

Financial slack–Entrepreneurial behavior–Managerial attitude towards risk- CPA

0.013

0.009

0.001

0.032

  

Financial slack–Managerial attitude towards risk–CPA

0.027

0.020

0.001

0.064

  

Operational slack–Entrepreneurial behavior–CPA

0.008

0.023

−0.028

0.047

  

Operational slack–Entrepreneurial behavior–Managerial attitude towards risk–CPA

0.016

0.010

0.002

0.035

  

Operational slack–Managerial attitude towards risk–CPA

0.031

0.020

0.003

0.069

  
  1. Control variables: stage; compete extent; market share rate; composite index of Marketization; high-tech industry; manufacture industry; N = 303; Number of bootstrap samples for bias-corrected bootstrap confidence interval = 5000; Level of confidence for all confidence intervals in output = 90.00.