Role of structural equation modeling in scale development

Journal of Advances in Management Research

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 75-91

  Farooq, Rayees ^a  

^a LOVELY PROFESSIONAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Exploratory factor analysis; Factor analysis; Measurement model; Multicollinearity; Multivariate normality; Structural equation modelling

Indexed keywords

EID: 85019549698     PISSN: 09727981     EISSN: 20493207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/JAMR-05-2015-0037     Document Type: Review

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