Job satisfaction, work stress, and turnover intentions among rural health workers: a cross-sectional study in 11 western provinces of China

Table 4 Mediation test of job satisfaction between work stress and turnover intention

Dependent variable	Independent variable	Significance tests for effects
Dependent variable	Independent variable		Effect	S.E.	LLCI	ULCI
Turnover intention	Workload	Total	0.0944	0.0407	0.0147	0.1742
		Direct	0.0585	0.0425	−0.0247	0.1418
		Indirect ^a	0.0337	0.0162	0.0014	0.0654
		OMS	−0.0141	0.0069	−0.0291	−0.0022
		RS	0.0430	0.0092	0.0261	0.0621
		OS	0.0055	0.0039	−0.0009	0.0142
		SRS	− 0.0006	0.0023	− 0.0058	0.0037
Turnover intention	Negative emotion	Total	0.2436	0.0403	0.1646	0.3225
		Direct	0.0768	0.0431	−0.0077	0.1614
		Indirect ^a	0.1858	0.0185	0.1506	0.2245
		OMS	0.0405	0.0084	0.0264	0.0602
		RS	0.1171	0.0142	0.0910	0.1473
		OS	0.0278	0.0076	0.0148	0.0446
		SRS	0.0004	0.0020	−0.0032	0.0049

^aSignificance of indirect effect was tested by Bootstrapping test presenting by Boot S.E., Boot LLCI, and Boot ULCI