MIMIC models and formative measurement: some thoughts on Lee, Cadogan & Chamberlain

AMS Review

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 30-37

  Diamantopoulos, Adamantios ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Composites; Formative measurement; Indicators; MIMIC models

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921927722     PISSN: 1869814X     EISSN: 18698182     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13162-013-0035-z     Document Type: Review

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