Using PLS path modeling in new technology research: Updated guidelines

Industrial Management and Data Systems

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 2-20

  Henseler, Jörg ^a   Hubona, Geoffrey ^b   Ray, Pauline Ash ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b Georgia R School   (United States)

^c Division of Nursing   (United States)

Author keywords

Guidelines; Model test; PLS; Structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; STATISTICAL MECHANICS;

DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; GUIDELINES; MODEL TESTS; PARTIAL LEAST SQUARE (PLS); PLS; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING TECHNIQUES; TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH;

ENGINEERING RESEARCH;

EID: 84954541015     PISSN: 02635577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IMDS-09-2015-0382     Document Type: Article

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