This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Business theories often specify the mediating mechanisms by which a predictor variable affects an outcome variable. In the last 30 years, ...

It is often of interest to assess how much of the effect of an exposure on a response is mediated through an intermediate variable. However, systematic approaches are lacking, other than assessment of ...

Statistically testing relationships between constructs is the primary goal of scientific research (Mentzer & Flint, 1997). For academic researchers, developing and testing theoretical relationships ...