Formative Versus Reflective Indicators in Organizational Measure Development: A Comparison and Empirical Illustration

A comparison is undertaken between scale development and index construction procedures to trace the implications of adopting a reflective versus formative perspective when creating multi‐item measures for organizational research. Focusing on export coordination as an illustrative construct of intere...

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Published in:British journal of management Vol. 17; no. 4; pp. 263 - 282
Main Authors: Diamantopoulos, Adamantios, Siguaw, Judy A.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.12.2006
Subjects:
Comparative analysis
Coordination
Empirical research
Indicators
Management science
Measurement
Measures
Organization development
Organizational research
Studies
Validity
ISSN:1045-3172, 1467-8551
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Summary:A comparison is undertaken between scale development and index construction procedures to trace the implications of adopting a reflective versus formative perspective when creating multi‐item measures for organizational research. Focusing on export coordination as an illustrative construct of interest, the results show that the choice of measurement perspective impacts on the content, parsimony and criterion validity of the derived coordination measures. Implications for practising researchers seeking to develop multi‐item measures of organizational constructs are considered.
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ISSN:1045-3172
1467-8551
DOI:10.1111/j.1467-8551.2006.00500.x