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Table 1 Descriptive statistics of job seniority, work satisfaction, negative globalization experience, and goal achievement motivation with the Shapiro-Wilk normality test

From: Are we happy with our work in globalization? Globalization experience, achievement motivation, and job seniority as predictors of work satisfaction in a group of office workers

Variable

Mean

Mdn

SD

Min

Max

Skewness

Kurtosis

W

Shapiro-Wilk’s p

Occupational seniority

12.93

12.00

8.67

1.00

39.00

0.571

–0.483

.943

< .001

Job seniority

7.83

7.00

5.50

0.50

27.00

0.910

0.507

.923

< .001

Work satisfaction

19.78

20.00

6.49

5.00

33.00

–0.204

–0.816

.975

< .001

Negative globalization experience

18.35

14.00

8.49

13.00

66.00

2.369

6.048

.597

< .001

Sense of security

7.67

6.00

3.59

5.00

30.00

2.616

8.023

.554

< .001

Influence

5.20

4.00

2.54

4.00

17.00

2.339

4.950

.547

< .001

Self-realization

5.48

4.00

3.02

4.00

19.00

2.006

3.172

.560

< .001

Mastery approach

12.82

13.00

2.20

3.00

15.00

–1.151

1.580

.864

< .001

Performance approach

11.99

12.00

2.77

3.00

15.00

–1.251

1.440

.868

< .001

Mastery avoidance

12.85

13.00

2.27

3.00

15.00

–1.272

1.806

.850

< .001

Performance avoidance

12.20

12.50

2.70

3.00

15.00

–1.326

1.828

.859

< .001