Can Formative Latent Variables Represent Psychological Concepts? Replication and Extension of MacKenzie et al. (2005) Article

Aguirre-Urreta, Miguel, Yamini, Reza, Ronkko, Mikko. (2026). Can Formative Latent Variables Represent Psychological Concepts? Replication and Extension of MacKenzie et al. (2005) . Journal of Applied Psychology, 10.1037/apl0001415

cited authors

  • Aguirre-Urreta, Miguel; Yamini, Reza; Ronkko, Mikko

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publication date

  • September 3, 2026

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keywords

  • BEHAVIOR
  • Business & Economics
  • CAUSAL INDICATORS
  • CONSEQUENCES
  • MEASUREMENT MODEL MISSPECIFICATION
  • MIS
  • MULTIDIMENSIONAL CONSTRUCTS
  • Management
  • Psychology
  • Psychology, Applied
  • Social Sciences
  • causal indicators
  • formative indicators
  • misspecification
  • path estimates
  • scaling

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publisher

  • AMER PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC