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Hi, I'm doing my master dissertation. My research aims to investigate how individual factors (intrinsic motivation, paradox mindset, task significance, resource available, proactive personality) in total five independent variables impact employee creativity mediated by unlearning(the process employees abandon old out-dated knowledge and skills to learn new ones).

I'm thinking some problems might result in the failure of mediation test. And I will really appreciate it that anyone could give me some advice if the problems I found were rehank you!

1. Sample size

The sample size is about 107, will the sample size be too small? For for each variable, I have items from 3-17. More detail shown in the following with Cronbach's alpha.

IVS:

Intrinsic motivation: 5 items

Cronbach's alpha: .888

paradox mindset: 9 items

Cronbach's alpha: .873

task significance: 4 items

Cronbach's alpha: .724

resource available: 6 items

Cronbach's alpha: .837

proactive personality: 17 items

Cronbach's alpha: .959

Mediator:

unlearning: I have two questions designed for unlearning.

The first question includes 11 items and I did reverse coding of 6 items.

Cronbach's alpha: .350

The second question includes 5 items and I did reverse coding of 2 items.

Cronbach's alpha: .389

DV:

creativity: 9 items

Cronbach's alpha: .905

All the items and scale were adopted from previous scholar's article.

2. Model fit and construct

The attachment is my data output by doing Confirmatory factor test. My model fit is not good.

3.Too much independent variables

And thank you anyone who could give me some advice on how could fix the current situation.

Thanks!

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