The problem of empirical redundancy of constructs in organizational research: An empirical investigation

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 112-125

  Le, Huy ^a   Schmidt, Frank L ^b,c   Harter, James K ^c   Lauver, Kristy J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c Gallup Inc   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN EAU CLAIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Construct empirical redundancy; Construct proliferation; Disattenuation; Discriminant validity; Generalizability theory; Job attitude; Measurement artifacts; Measurement error correction; Reliability; Structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953004157     PISSN: 07495978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.obhdp.2010.02.003     Document Type: Article

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