Table 6 Direct and indirect effects and 95% confidence intervals for the final model

Direct effect

CSE → Cost commitment

−0.312^*

−0.449

−0.160

Development unfitness → Nominative commitment

−0.330^*

−0.442

−0.220

Development unfitness → Affective commitment

−0.284^*

−0.398

--0.159

Indirect effect

Development unfitness → Satisfaction → Nominative commitment

−0.139^*

−0.190

−0.063

Development unfitness → (Satisfaction, Anxiety) → Affective commitment

−0.203^*

−0.301

−0.134

CSE → Satisfaction → Nominative commitment

0.149^*

0.094

0.305

CSE → (Satisfaction, Anxiety) → Affective commitment

0.237^*

0.239

0.509