Alternative Techniques for Assessing Common Method Variance: An Analysis of the Theory of Planned Behavior Research

Organizational Research Methods

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 177-206

  Schaller, Tracey King ^a   Patil, Ashutosh ^b   Malhotra, Naresh K ^c  

^a GEORGIA GWINNETT COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

common method variance; marker variable; method bias; MTMM; theory of planned behavior; theory of reasoned action

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924913751     PISSN: 10944281     EISSN: 15527425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1094428114554398     Document Type: Article

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