Data Analysis
A confirmatory factor analysis, descriptive statistics, independent ttests,
and structural equation modeling were conducted to analyze
the data. Convergent validity was assessed based on the findings of
the confirmatory factor analysis. Descriptive analysis was employed to
describe the sample profiles. An independent t-test was carried out
to identify differences in work engagement and job satisfaction between
the highly tourism-involved group and the less tourism-involved
group. To determine the level of tourism involvement, the overall
score of tourism involvement was divided at the 50th percentile into
a high and a low tourism involvement (Chang & Gibson, 2011). Similarly,
the scale score of work engagement was divided at the 50th percentile
into a highly work-engaged and a less work-engaged group. An
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independent t-test was used to identify the differences in job satisfaction
between these two groups. Finally, structural equation modeling
was carried out to determine the relationship between variables.