Understanding the impact of convergent validity on research results

Organizational Research Methods

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 17-32

  Carlson, Kevin D ^a   Herdman, Andrew O ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

construct validation procedures; content validity; field research methods; measurement design; reliability and validity; research design

Indexed keywords

EID: 84055214071     PISSN: 10944281     EISSN: 15527425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1094428110392383     Document Type: Article

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