Multivariate Relative Importance: Extending Relative Weight Analysis to Multivariate Criterion Spaces

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 329-345

  LeBreton, James M ^a   Tonidandel, Scott ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DAVIDSON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

dominance analysis; multiple regression; relative importance; relative weight analysis; relative weights

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; MONTE CARLO METHOD; ORGANIZATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 41549157683     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0021-9010.93.2.329     Document Type: Article

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