The Use of Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling in Strategic Management Research: A Review of Past Practices and Recommendations for Future Applications

Long Range Planning

Volumn 45, Issue 5-6, 2012, Pages 320-340

  Hair, Joseph F ^a   Sarstedt, Marko ^b,d   Pieper, Torsten M ^a   Ringle, Christian M ^c  

^a KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c HAMBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA CHARACTERISTICS; FUTURE APPLICATIONS; MANAGEMENT JOURNALS; MODEL EVALUATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS METHODS; PARTIAL LEAST SQUARE (PLS); RIGOROUS RESEARCH; STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING;

PUBLISHING; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

RESEARCH;

LEAST SQUARES METHOD; MODELING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

EID: 84870393213     PISSN: 00246301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lrp.2012.09.008     Document Type: Article

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