TY - JOUR
T1 - Questions about formative measurement
AU - Wilcox, James B.
AU - Howell, Roy D.
AU - Breivik, Einar
PY - 2008/12
Y1 - 2008/12
N2 - A growing body of literature addresses the issue of formative measurement. However, questions remain regarding the nature of formative measures, their properties, and their usefulness, especially in the context of theory testing and structural equations modeling. This paper poses an incomplete list of questions and suggests possible answers to them, and concludes that the use of formative measurement remains problematic in theory testing research.
AB - A growing body of literature addresses the issue of formative measurement. However, questions remain regarding the nature of formative measures, their properties, and their usefulness, especially in the context of theory testing and structural equations modeling. This paper poses an incomplete list of questions and suggests possible answers to them, and concludes that the use of formative measurement remains problematic in theory testing research.
KW - Formative measurement
KW - Reflective measurement
KW - Structural equations modeling
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=54349127203&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.jbusres.2008.01.010
DO - 10.1016/j.jbusres.2008.01.010
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:54349127203
VL - 61
SP - 1219
EP - 1228
JO - Journal of Business Research
JF - Journal of Business Research
SN - 0148-2963
IS - 12
ER -