There's SEM and "SEM": A critique of the use of PLS regression in information systems research

ACIS 2008 Proceedings - 19th Australasian Conference on Information Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 845-855

  Rouse, Anne C ^a   Corbitt, Brian ^b  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

CFA; PLS; Reliability; Structural equation modelling

Indexed keywords

CFA; CONFIRMATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS; PLS; PLS REGRESSION; RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY; ROADMAP; SEM ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELLING;

FACTOR ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 84869143798     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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