Table 4 Results of the mediating mechanism analysis of social capital and change of person–job match.

From: Role of job mobility frequency in job satisfaction changes: the mediation mechanism of job-related social capital and person‒job match

Intermediary process

Effect type

Effect value

Bootstrapped SEa

Bootstrapped LLCIa

Bootstrapped ULCIa

Relative effect size (%)

Frequency of job mobility → Change of person–job match → Return satisfaction

Total effect

0.02

0.04

−0.05

0.01

 

Direct effect

0.08**

0.05

0.01

0.20

56.72

Mediating effect of Change of person–job match

−0.06*

0.02

−0.10

−0.02

43.28

Frequency of job mobility → Educational heterogeneity → Environment satisfaction

Total effect

−0.02

0.04

−0.10

0.05

 

Direct effect

−0.01

0.04

−0.10

0.06

73.68

Mediating effect of educational heterogeneity

−0.01*

0.00

−0.01

−0.00

26.32

Educational heterogeneity → Change of person–job match → Return satisfaction

Total effect

−0.02

0.01

−0.02

0.01

 

Direct effect

−0.02

0.01

−0.02

0.01

83.30

Mediating effect of Change of person–job match

0.00*

0.00

0.00

0.011

16.70

  1. All values are rounded to two decimal places.
  2. ***p < 0.01; **p < 0.05; *p < 0.1.
  3. aBoot SE, Boot LLCI, and Boot ULCI refer to the standard error and 95% confidence of the indirect effect estimated by the deviation corrected percentile bootstrap method, respectively, the upper and lower limits of intervals.