Assessing the predictive performance of structural equation model estimators

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 69, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 4565-4582

  Evermann, Joerg ^a   Tate, Mary ^b  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Partial least squares; Prediction; Simulation study; Structural equation models

Indexed keywords

EID: 84964577891     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2016.03.050     Document Type: Article

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