The perception of the leader as an attachment figure: can it mediate the relationship between work engagement and general/citizenship performance?

Table 6 Mediation analysis of the path from work engagement to citizenship work performance mediated through secure figure and separation distress

	Estimate	Std. error	z-value	p	95% confidence interval
	Estimate	Std. error	z-value	p	Lower	Upper
Direct effects
UWES → COB1	0.409	0.024	16.833	< .001	0.348	0.467
UWES → COB2	0.272	0.025	11.069	< .001	0.218	0.328
UWES → COB3	0.205	0.024	8.457	< .001	0.155	0.257
Indirect effects
UWES → LSPS_F1 → COB1	0.045	0.012	3.590	< .001	0.018	0.078
UWES → LSPS_F2 → COB1	− 0.002	0.010	− 0.241	0.809	− 0.022	0.017
UWES → LSPS_F1 → COB2	0.014	0.012	1.190	0.234	− 0.011	0.044
UWES → LSPS_F2 → COB2	0.038	0.011	3.524	< .001	0.019	0.064
UWES → LSPS_F1 → COB3	0.055	0.013	4.377	< .001	0.030	0.087
UWES → LSPS_F2 → COB3	− 0.041	0.011	− 3.803	< .001	− 0.066	− 0.019
Total effects
UWES → COB1	0.451	0.022	20.566	< .001	0.399	0.497
UWES → COB2	0.324	0.022	14.594	< .001	0.281	0.374
UWES → COB3	0.219	0.022	9.925	< .001	0.175	0.265
Total indirect effects
UWES → COB1	0.042	0.012	3.587	< .001	0.019	0.070
UWES → COB2	0.053	0.012	4.223	< .001	0.027	0.084
UWES → COB3	0.014	0.012	1.192	0.233	− 0.011	0.042

Delta method standard errors, bias-corrected percentile bootstrap confidence intervals, ML estimator
UWES work engagement, LSPS1 secure figure, LSPS2 separation distress, COB1 organizational allegiance/loyalty, COB2 interpersonal citizenship performance, COB3 organizational compliance

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