1. Fully Mediated Effects of Formative Measures Using MIMIC Constructs.
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Jiang, James J., Tsai, Jacob C., Klein, Gary, and Petter, Stacie
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INFORMATION storage & retrieval systems ,INFORMATION technology research ,FORMATIVE tests ,SIMULATION methods & models ,INDUSTRIAL management ,BUSINESS information services - Abstract
Formatively-measured constructs are increasingly applied in information system research models. Recent work shows that exogenous formatively-measured constructs suffer from a number of problems that include interpretational confounding and a lack of external consistency. Yet replacement by reflectively-measured constructs can lead to bias if not theoretically appropriate. One solution may be to use a MIMIC construct composed of the formative measures as well as two additional reflective measures. A simulation study indicates that a MIMIC so composed mitigates the problems of interpretational confounding and poor external consistency allowing use broader use in a variety of structural models. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2012
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