Integrating Moderation and Mediation: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach

Organizational Research Methods

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 721-745

  Sardeshmukh, Shruti R ^a   Vandenberg, Robert J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

mediation; moderation; structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 85029536031     PISSN: 10944281     EISSN: 15527425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1094428115621609     Document Type: Article

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