Validation of higher order constructs.

Empirically, the study examined how psychosocial career preoccupation [PCP] directly affects organizational commitment [OC] and indirectly affects the same via workplace friendship [WF] among administrative and teaching staff in public higher education institutions in Ghana. The numerical orientation to the data analysis supported the use of the explanatory research design and quantitative approach. The population included both administrative and teaching staff in public higher education institutions in Ghana with at least one year of service. Structured questionnaires were issued for the primary data collection via the convenience sampling technique and the response rate was 96% (288 valid responses from 300 approached participants). The unit of analysis was at the individual level. SMART-PLS software (version 4.1.0.8) was used for the data processing. The repeated indicator structural modelling technique was employed to configure the model reflectively to test the hypotheses. PCP fails to contribute significantly to predicting OC directly (β = 0.045, p = 0.250). However, PCP contributes significantly in a strong manner to predicting WF (β = 0.454, p本研究基于实证范式，考察了加纳公立高等教育机构行政与教学人员的社会心理职业专注度（Psychosocial Career Preoccupation, PCP）对组织承诺（Organizational Commitment, OC）的直接影响，以及其通过职场友谊（Workplace Friendship, WF）产生的间接效应。本次数据分析采用数值导向的研究思路，故选用解释性研究设计与定量研究方法。研究总体涵盖加纳公立高等教育机构中至少拥有1年供职年限的行政与教学人员。本研究通过便利抽样法发放结构化问卷以收集原始数据，最终应答率为96%（共向300名受访对象发出邀请，回收有效问卷288份）。分析单元设定为个体层面。研究采用SMART-PLS软件（版本4.1.0.8）进行数据处理，并运用重复指标结构建模技术对模型进行反射式配置以检验研究假设。结果显示，PCP对OC的直接预测效应未达到显著水平（β=0.045，p=0.250）。然而，PCP对WF具有显著且较强的预测效应（β=0.454，p