A primer on the conditional mediation analysis in PLS-SEM

Conditional mediation (CoMe) analysis integrates mediation and moderation analyses to examine and test hypotheses about how mediated relationships vary as a function of context, boundaries, or individual differences. Although CoMe analysis can be a crucial element of empirical studies that seek to a...

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Main Authors: Cheah, Jun Hwa, Nitzl, Christian, Roldan, Jose L., Cepeda-Carrion, Gabriel, Gudergan, Siegfried P.
Format: Article
Published: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) 2021
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/95978/
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author Cheah, Jun Hwa
Nitzl, Christian
Roldan, Jose L.
Cepeda-Carrion, Gabriel
Gudergan, Siegfried P.
author_facet Cheah, Jun Hwa
Nitzl, Christian
Roldan, Jose L.
Cepeda-Carrion, Gabriel
Gudergan, Siegfried P.
author_sort Cheah, Jun Hwa
building UPM Institutional Repository
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description Conditional mediation (CoMe) analysis integrates mediation and moderation analyses to examine and test hypotheses about how mediated relationships vary as a function of context, boundaries, or individual differences. Although CoMe analysis can be a crucial element of empirical studies that seek to advance theory in information systems, applications of such analysis are scarce, in general, and in partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM), in particular. This paper clarifies conceptual fundamentals of and develops guidelines for CoMe analysis within the PLS-SEM context. Furthermore, the paper outlines the illustrative use of CoMe analysis in PLS-SEM and presents detailed step-by-step procedures to do so in the PLS-SEM setting. Overall, this paper provides researchers and practitioners with the required knowledge to properly carry out, report, and interpret CoMe analysis in PLS-SEM.
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spelling upm-959782023-03-16T07:51:30Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/95978/ A primer on the conditional mediation analysis in PLS-SEM Cheah, Jun Hwa Nitzl, Christian Roldan, Jose L. Cepeda-Carrion, Gabriel Gudergan, Siegfried P. Conditional mediation (CoMe) analysis integrates mediation and moderation analyses to examine and test hypotheses about how mediated relationships vary as a function of context, boundaries, or individual differences. Although CoMe analysis can be a crucial element of empirical studies that seek to advance theory in information systems, applications of such analysis are scarce, in general, and in partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM), in particular. This paper clarifies conceptual fundamentals of and develops guidelines for CoMe analysis within the PLS-SEM context. Furthermore, the paper outlines the illustrative use of CoMe analysis in PLS-SEM and presents detailed step-by-step procedures to do so in the PLS-SEM setting. Overall, this paper provides researchers and practitioners with the required knowledge to properly carry out, report, and interpret CoMe analysis in PLS-SEM. Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) 2021 Article PeerReviewed Cheah, Jun Hwa and Nitzl, Christian and Roldan, Jose L. and Cepeda-Carrion, Gabriel and Gudergan, Siegfried P. (2021) A primer on the conditional mediation analysis in PLS-SEM. Data Base for Advances in Information Systems, 52 (spec.1). 43 - 100. ISSN 1532-0936; ESSN: 2331-1622 https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3505639.3505645 10.1145/3505639.3505645
spellingShingle Cheah, Jun Hwa
Nitzl, Christian
Roldan, Jose L.
Cepeda-Carrion, Gabriel
Gudergan, Siegfried P.
A primer on the conditional mediation analysis in PLS-SEM
title A primer on the conditional mediation analysis in PLS-SEM
title_full A primer on the conditional mediation analysis in PLS-SEM
title_fullStr A primer on the conditional mediation analysis in PLS-SEM
title_full_unstemmed A primer on the conditional mediation analysis in PLS-SEM
title_short A primer on the conditional mediation analysis in PLS-SEM
title_sort primer on the conditional mediation analysis in pls-sem
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/95978/
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http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/95978/