The empirical assessment of construct validity

Journal of Operations Management

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 387-405

  O'Leary Kelly, Scott W ^a,b   Vokurka, Robert J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Construct validity; Research methodology; Review of empirical assessment

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT SCIENCE; MANUFACTURE; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; SYSTEM THEORY;

CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT;

INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH;

EID: 0032115133     PISSN: 02726963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0272-6963(98)00020-5     Document Type: Article

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