How does social support affect public service motivation of healthcare workers in China: the mediating effect of job stress

Table 4 Standardized regression coefficients (β) with p-values for the components of subgroup analyses

Paths	30 years or younger (n = 356)	31–40 years (n = 377)	41 years or older (n = 224)	Early career (n = 661)	Mid/late career (n = 222)	Men (n = 326)	Women (n = 621)	< 5 years (n = 408)	> 5 years (n = 499)	Doctors (n = 315)	Nurses (n = 362)	Others (n = 220)
SS to HS	−0.46***	−0.46***	− 0.28***	−0.44***	− 0.34***	−0.38***	− 0.39***	−0.33***	− 0.40***	−0.45***	− 0.39***	−0.42***
CS to CHS	−0.21***	−0.12***	0.288^ns	−0.20***	− 0.11*	−0.14*	− 0.16***	−0.13*	− 0.15**	−0.22**	− 0.14*	−0.14*
SS to PSM	0.39***	0.39***	0.33***	0.42***	0.34***	0.32***	0.48***	0.34***	0.42***	0.051^ns	0.54***	0.50***
CS to PSM	0.572^ns	0.572^ns	0.26 **	0.294^ns	0.15 *	0.527^ns	0.11 *	0.719^ns	0.14**	0.199^ns	0.111^ns	0.442^ns
CHS to PSM	−0.29***	−0.29***	−0.17***	− 0.21***	−0.21***	− 0.22***	−0.23***	− 0.25***	−0.28***	− 0.29***	−0.23***	− 0.28***
HS to PSM	−0.29***	− 0.29***	−0.17***	− 0.33***	−0.20***	− 0.33***	−0.16***	− 0.24***	−0.15***	− 0.36***	0.210^ns	− 0.25***
CS to HS	0.67***	0.67***	0.76***	0.62***	0.76***	0.74***	0.67***	0.73***	0.68***	0.77***	0.58***	0.73***

ns not statistically significant. PSM stands for Public Service Motivation, CHS stands for Challenge Stress, HS stands for Hindrance Stress, SS stands for Supervisor Support and CS stands for Coworker Support
*p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001

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