Higher-Order PLS-PM Approach for Different Types of Constructs

Corrado Crocetta (), Laura Antonucci (), Rosanna Cataldo (), Roberto Galasso (), Maria Gabriella Grassia (), Carlo Natale Lauro () and Marina Marino ()
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Corrado Crocetta: University of Foggia
Laura Antonucci: University of Foggia
Rosanna Cataldo: University “Federico II”
Roberto Galasso: University “Federico II”
Maria Gabriella Grassia: University “Federico II”
Carlo Natale Lauro: University “Federico II”
Marina Marino: University “Federico II”

Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, 2021, vol. 154, issue 2, No 14, 725-754

Abstract: Abstract Partial least squares path modeling (PLS-PM) has become very popular in recent years, for measuring concepts that depend on different aspects and that are based on different types of relationships. PLS-PM represents a useful tool to explore relationships and to analyze the influence of the different aspects on the complex phenomenon analyzed. In particular, the use of higher-order constructs has allowed researchers to extend the application of PLS-PM to more advanced and complex models. In this work, our attention is focused on higher-order constructs that include reflective or formative relationships. Even if the dispute between formative models and reflective models is not exactly recent, it is still alive in current literature, for the most part within the context of structural equation models. This paper focuses attention on theoretical and mathematical differences between formative and reflective measurement models within the context of the PLS-PM approach. A simulation study is proposed in order to show how these approaches fit well in different modeling situations. The approaches have been compared using empirical application in a sustainability context. The findings from the simulation and the empirical application can help researchers to estimate and to use the higher-order PLS-PM approach in reflective and formative type models.

Keywords: Partial least squares-path modeling; Higher-order constructs; Formative constructs; Reflective constructs (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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