PATH ANALYSIS IN COVARIANCE-BASED STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING WITH AMOS 18.0
Journal Title: European Journal of Business and Social Sciences - Year 2014, Vol 3, Issue 2
Abstract
Path analysis in structural equation modeling has been discussed in numerous articles by renowned researchers and scholars. Specifically, the proposed method is absolutely power to intensify the statistical analysis besides obey all the regression assumption suggested. In this case study, the author use five variables to determine the level of participation of youth towards volunteers activities. All of these variables are based on the previous empirical research and of course there are more other variables but this study interest to test the primary factors on this particular research. In this work paper, three mediators namely benefits, barrier and challenge are consider as indirect effect. The findings reveals the direct effect of goverment support on barrier, benefits, challenge and motivation are significant relationship. One of the indirect effect namely benefits has a significant impact on motivation. Based on the findings suggested, the benefits factor is the most crucial to give an immense impact on motivation.
Authors and Affiliations
Wan Mohamad Asyraf Bin Wan Afthanorhan| (Corresponding Author) Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030 Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia e-mail: ash_18raft@yahoo.com, Sabri Ahmad| Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030 Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia
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