Table 4 Causal relationships: total, direct and indirect effects
From: Training and business performance: the mediating role of absorptive capacities
Direct effects | Path coefficient (β) | Point estimate | t-value (bootstrap) | Percentile 95% confidence intervals | Support | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lower | Upper | |||||
Total and indirect effects/mediation hypotheses | ||||||
(a) Model A (SRMR cfm = 0.073) | ||||||
 Total effect of Training on O. Performance (c) (Model A: model with total effect) | 0.5723*** |  | 8.3753 | 0.4439 | 0.7151 | Yes |
(b) Model B (SRMR cfm = 0.068) | ||||||
  Training → O. Performance = c’ (direct effect of Training on O. Performance) | −0.0836ns |  | 0.6174 | −0.3278 | 0.2025 | Not |
 H1 = Training → ACAP → O. Performance = a 1 b 1 (via ACAP) (total indirect effect of Training on O. Performance) |  | 0.6164 |  | 0.4659 | 0.7522 | Yes |
  H2 = Training → ACAP = a 1 | 0.7737*** |  | 21.4803 | 0.7003 | 0.8416 | Yes |
  H3 = ACAP → O. Performance = b 1 | 0.7967*** |  | 7.8783 | 0.5721 | 0.9753 | Yes |