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Should partial least squares be used for analysing psychological constructs?

Rouse, Anne C. 2009, Should partial least squares be used for analysing psychological constructs?, in ANZAM 2009 : Sustainable management and marketing, Promaco Conventions, [Canning Bridge, W.A.], pp. 1-18.

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Title Should partial least squares be used for analysing psychological constructs?
Author(s) Rouse, Anne C.
Conference name Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference (23rd : 2009 : Melbourne, Victoria)
Conference location Melbourne, Victoria
Conference dates 1-4 Dec. 2009
Title of proceedings ANZAM 2009 : Sustainable management and marketing
Editor(s) [Unknown]
Publication date 2009
Conference series Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference
Start page 1
End page 18
Total pages 18
Publisher Promaco Conventions
Place of publication [Canning Bridge, W.A.]
Keyword(s) psychometric
measurement
statistics
validity
structural equation modeling
Summary This paper critically examines an analytical tool - partial least squares regression, or P LS - that is increasingly being used in the academic business literature to validate measures of psychological constructs, and to test hypotheses based on these. The paper provides a contextual and historical review of the resurgence of P LS, and explores several of the claims made by its developers and supporters when it was first promoted in the 1980s, and, more recently, when it reappeared in the information systems literature. Many claims appear plausible but rest on non-mainstream uses of terms and concepts taken from the psychometric field. The paper also canvasses why P LS is a poor analytical tool for research that involves psychological constructs.
Language eng
Field of Research 150302 Business Information Systems
Socio Economic Objective 890205 Information Processing Services (incl. Data Entry and Capture)
HERDC Research category E1 Full written paper - refereed
ERA Research output type E Conference publication
Copyright notice ©2009, ANZAM
Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30022887
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