Table 8 Total Path-Specific Effects (PSE).

From: Multidimensional social support and gig workers’ performance in digital platforms: a chain-mediated model integrating emotion and autonomy

Path

Coefficients

95% CI

P values

Test results

Social Support→ Work Performance (Direct effect)

0.413

[0.269, 0.555]

***

Accepted

Social Support→Work Engagement

→Work Performance

(Total effect through work engagement)

0.255

[0.164, 0.348]

***

Accepted

Social Support→Burnout

→Work Performance

(Independent effect through burnout)

0.037

[−0.023, 0.098]

0.227

Rejected

Total indirect effect

0.292

[0.194, 0.392]

***

Accepted

Total effect

0.705

[0.607, 0.799]

***

Accepted

  1. ***p < 0.01 (Two-tailed).