A multiple-perspective Approach to data analysis in congruence research

Organizational Research Methods

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 63-68

  Cheung, Gordon W ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Component analysis; Data analysis; Latent congruence model; Polynomial regression

Indexed keywords

EID: 57849162373     PISSN: 10944281     EISSN: 15527425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1094428107310091     Document Type: Article

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