Latent variable modeling in congruence research: Current problems and future directions

Organizational Research Methods

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 34-62

  Edwards, Jeffrey R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Congruence; Difference scores; Latent variables; Polynomial regression; Structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 57849155296     PISSN: 10944281     EISSN: 15527425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1094428107308920     Document Type: Article

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