کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
10493101 940315 2013 9 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Improper use of endogenous formative variables
ترجمه فارسی عنوان
استفاده نامناسب از متغیرهای تشکیل دهنده درونی
کلمات کلیدی
مدل های مفهومی، متغیرهای پنهان شکل دهنده، متغیرهای کامپوزیتی، اندازه گیری، توسعه تئوری، حداقل مربعات جزئی،
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم انسانی و اجتماعی مدیریت، کسب و کار و حسابداری کسب و کار و مدیریت بین المللی
چکیده انگلیسی
Researchers often develop and test conceptual models containing formative variables. In many cases, these formative variables are specified as being endogenous. This article provides a clarification of formative variable theory, distinguishing between the formative latent variable and the formative composite variable. When an endogenous latent variable relies on formative indicators for measurement, empirical studies can say nothing about the relationship between exogenous variables and the endogenous formative latent variable: conclusions can only be drawn regarding the exogenous variables' relationships with a composite variable. The authors also show the dangers associated with developing theory about antecedents to endogenous formative variables at the (aggregate) formative latent variable level. Modeling relationships with endogenous formative variables at the (disaggregate) indicator level informs richer theory development, and encourages more precise empirical testing. When antecedents' relationships with endogenous formative variables are modeled at the formative latent variable level rather than the formative indicator level, theory construction can verge on the superficial, and empirical findings can be ambiguous in substantive meaning.
ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Journal of Business Research - Volume 66, Issue 2, February 2013, Pages 233-241
نویسندگان
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