Conceptualizing models using multidimensional constructs: A review and guidelines for their use

European Journal of Information Systems

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 22-48

  Polites, Greta L ^a   Roberts, Nicholas ^b   Thatcher, Jason ^c  

^a BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA UPSTATE   (United States)

^c CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

aggregate; dimension sets; multidimensional; superordinate

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

DIMENSION SETS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EMPIRICAL METHOD; MULTIDIMENSIONAL; MULTIDIMENSIONAL FORM; STRUCTURAL CONCEPT; STRUCTURAL MODELS; SUPERORDINATE;

EID: 84856997433     PISSN: 0960085X     EISSN: 14769344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/ejis.2011.10     Document Type: Review

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