The influence of prosocial motivation and civility on work engagement:The mediating role of thriving at work

Figures & data

Figure 1. Theoretical Model.

Table 1. Descriptive statistics, correlation, and reliabilities of study variables

Correlation
Variables	M	SD	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
1.Age	32.2	7.63	-
2. Education	16.2	1.55	0.217**	-
3. Tenure	6.77	6.33	0.863**	0.213**	-
4.Thriving	3.77	0.49	0.141*	0.031	0.098	(0.70)
5.Prosocial Motivation	3.99	0.66	0.165*	0.172**	0.124	0.543**	(0.86)
6.Civility	3.95	0.69	0.156*	−0.025	0.137*	0.497**	0.464**	(0.84)
7. Work Engagement	3.87	0.49	0.136*	0.09	0.147*	0.619**	0.586**	0.607**	(0.85)

N = 239. Relabilities are on the diagonal in parentheses

* Symbolizes (0.05) significance level; ** Symbolize (0.01) significance level.

Table 2. Fit statistics from measurement model comparison

Models	χ^2	df	χ^2/df	IFI	CFI	SRMR	RMSEA
Measurement Model	390.73	198	1.97	0.9	0.9	0.04	0.06
Model A^a	687.72	206	3.33	0.75	0.76	0.06	0.09
Model B^b	703.86	208	3.38	0.75	0.76	0.06	0.1
Model C^c	760.41	209	3.63	0.74	0.73	0.06	0.1

Notes: n = 239, All models are compared with the measurement model.

^aProsocial motivation and civility combined into one factor.

^bPositive energy and flourishing combined into one factor, prosocial motivation and well-being combined into other factor.

^cAll constructs combined into one factor.

χ2 = chi-square; df = degrees of freedom; IFI = Incremental fit index; CFI = Comparative fit index; RMSEA = Root mean square error of approximation; RMR = Root mean square residual.

Table 3. Results of simple mediation model

Variables	Β	SE	T	p
Direct and total effects
Work engagement regressed on prosocial motivation	0.44	0.04	11.12	0.00
Thriving regressed on prosocial motivation	0.41	0.04	9.96	0.00
Work engagement regressed on thriving, controlling for prosocial motivation	0.42	0.06	7.75	0.00
Work engagement regressed on prosocial motivation, controlling for thriving	0.26	0.04	6.28	0.00

Table

	Value	SE	LL 90% CI	UL 90% CI	z	P
Indirect effect and significance using the normal distribution
Sobel	0.17	0.03	0.13	0.23	6.01	0.00
	M	SE	LL 90% CI	UL 90% CI
Bootstrap results for indirect effect
Effect	0.17	0.03	0.13	0.23

Note: N = 239. β = Unstandardized Regression Coefficient; SE = Standard Error; Bootstrap Sample Size = 1000; LL = Lower Limit; CI = Confidence Interval; UL = Upper Limit, 1,000 Bootstrapping

Table 4. Results of simple mediation model

Variables	Β	SE	t	p
Direct and total effects
Work engagement regressed on civility	0.43	0.05	8.82	0.00
Thriving regressed on civility	0.36	0.04	7.96	0.00
Work engagement regressed on thriving, controlling for civility	0.42	0.06	11.75	0.00
Work engagement regressed on civility, controlling for thriving	0.28	0.04	7.50	0.00

Table

	Value	SE	LL 90% CI	UL 90% CI	z	P
Indirect effect and significance using the normal distribution
Sobel	0.15	0.03	0.11	0.19	5.89	0.00
	M	SE	LL 90% CI	UL 90% CI
Bootstrap results for indirect effect
Effect	0.15	0.03	0.11	0.19

Note: N = 239. β = Unstandardized Regression Coefficient; SE = Standard Error; Bootstrap Sample Size = 1000; LL = Lower Limit; CI = Confidence Interval; UL = Upper Limit, 1,000 Bootstrapping

Figure 2. Indirect effect of prosocial motivation on work engagement through thriving at work.

Figure 3. Indirect effect of civility on work engagement through thriving at work.