A comparative study of CB-SEM and PLS-SEM for theory development in family firm research

Journal of Family Business Strategy

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 116-128

  Astrachan, Claudia Binz ^a   Patel, Vijay K ^b   Wanzenried, Gabrielle ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

^b KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LUCERNE UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES AND ARTS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Covariance based SEM; Family firms; Organizational reputation; Organizational trustworthiness; Partial least squares SEM; Structural equation modeling (SEM)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897627252     PISSN: 18778585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfbs.2013.12.002     Document Type: Article

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