A critical evaluation of alternative methods and paradigms for conducting mediation analysis in operations management research

Journal of Operations Management

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 127-137

  Malhotra, Manoj K ^a   Singhal, Cherry ^a   Shang, Guangzhi ^a   Ployhart, Robert E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Empirical; Mediation models; Methodological review and recommendation

Indexed keywords

TESTING;

CRITICAL EVALUATION; EMPIRICAL; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; MEDIATION ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGICAL REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATION; OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT; PARALLEL GROWTH; THEORY BUILDING;

RESEARCH;

EID: 84896795617     PISSN: 02726963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jom.2014.01.003     Document Type: Article

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