Who’s more vulnerable? A generational investigation of COVID-19 perceptions’ effect on Organisational citizenship Behaviours in the MENA region: job insecurity, burnout and job satisfaction as mediators

Table 4 Hypotheses 1–4 testing – direct effects

Hypothesis	Path	β	t	f²	Decision
H1	Covid-19 Perceptions - > Job Insecurity	0.400^**	9.716^**	> 0.15	Supported
H2	Job Insecurity - > Burnout	0.526^**	13.789^**	> 0.35	Supported
H3	Burnout - > Job Satisfaction	−0.440^**	10.503^**	> 0.15	Supported
H4	Job Satisfaction - > OCB	0.595^**	20.523^**	> 0.35	Supported
Additional path1	Covid-19 Perceptions - > Burnout	0.086^NS	1.443 ^NS	< 0.02	Unsupported
Additional path2	Covid-19 Perceptions - > Job Satisfaction	−0.063 ^NS	0.95 ^NS	< 0.02	Unsupported
Additional path3	Covid-19 Perceptions - > OCB	−0.064 ^NS	1.321 ^NS	< 0.02	Unsupported
Additional path4	Job Insecurity - > Job Satisfaction	0.008 ^NS	0.152 ^NS	< 0.02	Unsupported
Additional path5	Job Insecurity - > OCB	0.065 ^NS	1.423 ^NS	< 0.02	Unsupported
Additional path6	Burnout - > OCB	−0.013 ^NS	0.24 ^NS	< 0.02	Unsupported

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