Mirror, mirror on the wall: a comparative evaluation of composite-based structural equation modeling methods

2017/02/16 by Joseph F. Hair, G. Tomas M. Hult, Christian M. Ringle +2 · 2,543 citations
Business, Management and Accounting · Decision Sciences · Engineering · Mathematics · #Algorithm #Applied mathematics #Composite number #Computer science #Consumer Market Behavior and Pricing #Customer Service Quality and Loyalty #Econometrics #Engineering #Estimator #Exploit #Machine learning #Mathematical optimization #Mathematics #Partial least squares regression #Population #Range (aeronautics) #Statistics #Structural equation modeling #Technology Adoption and User Behaviour

paper · doi:10.1007/s11747-017-0517-x

published in Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science 45(5), 616-632 (Springer Science+Business Media)

openalex publication_date 2017/02/16 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/06

Citations

• On the Emancipation of PLS-SEM: A Commentary on Rigdon (2012)
• The dark side of customer co-creation: exploring the consequences of failed co-created services
• The Use of Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling in Strategic Management Research: A Review of Past Practices and Recommendations for Future Applications
• Rethinking Partial Least Squares Path Modeling: Breaking Chains and Forging Ahead
• Rethinking Partial Least Squares Path Modeling: In Praise of Simple Methods
• A new criterion for assessing discriminant validity in variance-based structural equation modeling
• An assessment of the use of partial least squares structural equation modeling in marketing research
• Hierarchical Latent Variable Models in PLS-SEM: Guidelines for Using Reflective-Formative Type Models
• Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling: Rigorous Applications, Better Results and Higher Acceptance

Cited by

• PLS-SEM and reflective constructs: A response to recent criticism and a constructive path forward
• Predictive model assessment and selection in composite-based modeling using PLS-SEM: extensions and guidelines for using CVPAT
• Same model, same data, but different outcomes: Evaluating the impact of method choices in structural equation modeling
• Partial least squares structural equation modeling in HRM research
• Explicating Who Has a Desire to Go Green! Personality, Green Opportunity Recognition and Green Entrepreneurship Intention
• National culture and entrepreneurial orientation in a hostile environment: a study of informal enterprises in Nigeria
• Beyond a tandem analysis of SEM and PROCESS: Use of PLS-SEM for mediation analyses!
• Scientific procedures and rationales for systematic literature reviews (SPAR‐4‐SLR)
• Prediction: Coveted, Yet Forsaken? Introducing a Cross‐Validated Predictive Ability Test in Partial Least Squares Path Modeling
• Understanding UK farmers’ Brexit voting decision: A behavioural approach
• Sustainable development barriers and pressures in SMEs: The mediating effect of management commitment to environmental practices
• AI capability and environmental sustainability performance: Moderating role of green knowledge management
• Flipping the trade-off: dual logic strategies for social enterprise performance in nascent social entrepreneurship ecosystems
• Ecocentric leadership and voluntary environmental behavior for promoting sustainability strategy: The role of psychological green climate
• Misspecifications in structural equation modeling: The choice of latent variables, causal-formative constructs or composites
• News you can use! Evaluating the effectiveness of newsjacking based content on social media
• Home sharing in marketing and tourism at a tipping point: What do we know, how do we know, and where should we be heading?
• Prediction‐Oriented Model Selection in Partial Least Squares Path Modeling
• Progress in partial least squares structural equation modeling use in marketing research in the last decade
• Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling
• The joint impact of green human resource management, leadership and organizational culture on employees’ green behaviour and organisational environmental performance
• The effects of service quality, perceived value and trust in home delivery service personnel on customer satisfaction: Evidence from a developing country
• Green HRM, environmental awareness and green behaviors: The moderating role of servant leadership
• Going beyond the untold facts in PLS–SEM and moving forward
• Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) in second language and education research: Guidelines using an applied example
• "K.I.T.T., where are you?"
• Untold Intelligence: Tacit Knowledge and Marketing Success
• When the stars align: The effect of institutional pressures on sustainable human resource management through organizational engagement
• PLS-SEM in information systems: seizing the opportunity and marching ahead full speed to adopt methodological updates
• Motivational factors and psychological correlates of AI dependence among college students: Competitive conformity, noAIphobia, and AI use stigma
• A Multimethod SEM Framework for Analyzing Models with Latent Variables
• Importance and performance in PLS-SEM and NCA: Introducing the combined importance-performance map analysis (cIPMA)