Formative measurement: A critical perspective

Data Base for Advances in Information Systems

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 44-55

  Howell, Roy D ^a   Breivik, Einar ^b   Wilcox, James B ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Norway)

Author keywords

Constructs; Formative Measurement; PLS; Reflective Measurement; SEM

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTS; CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES; FORMATIVE MEASUREMENTS; IS RESEARCHES; PLS;

HARDWARE; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

MEASUREMENTS;

EID: 84888600545     PISSN: 00950033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/2544415.2544418     Document Type: Article

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