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Formative Indikatoren: Einige Anmerkungen zu ihrer Art, Validität und Multikollinearität

Formative indicators: Some remarks on their nature, validity and multicollinearity

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Zusammenfassung

In dieser Notiz werden einige Aussagen von Albers und Hildebrandt (2006) in ihrem Artikel zur Erfolgsfaktorenmessung herangezogen, um bestimmte potenzielle Missverständnisse in Bezug auf die Festlegung von Indikatoren als formativ, ihre Bewertung hinsichtlich Validität und den Umgang mit Multikollinearität aufzuklären. In diesem Ansinnen wird zuerst dargelegt, warum die Autoren nicht Albers und Hildebrandts (2006) Ansicht teilen, dass die Kausalität in Messmodellen nicht eindeutig zu bestimmen sei, und gleichzeitig vehement auf die zentrale Wichtigkeit einer korrekten Spezifikation auf theoretischer Ebene hingewiesen. Danach wird anhand von Literatur belegt, dass die Validität formativer Indikatoren sehr wohl formal beurteilt werden kann, sofern ein prüfbares Messmodell anstelle einer definitorischen Darstellung des Konstruktes postuliert wird. Schließlich werden potenzielle Einschränkungen für die Anwendbarkeit der Indikatorenzusammenfassung zur Reduzierung von Multikollinearität im Messmodell aufgezeigt.

Summary

In this article, we refer to some statements made by Albers and Hildebrandt (2006) in the context of formative measurement of critical success factors. Our underlying rationale is to clarify potential misconceptions regarding the choice of formative (versus reflective) indicators, the assessment of their validity, and the treatment of multicollinearity. In this vein, we first discuss our reasons for not sharing Albers and Hildebrandt’s (2006) view that causality in measurement models cannot be specified. Instead, we point to the central importance of a sound theoretical specification of causality. Subsequently, we show based on literature that a formal validation of formative indicators is indeed possible, if a testable measurement model is postulated. Finally, we highlight a number of potential limitations of treating the problem of multicollinearity by combining highly correlated indicators.

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Diamantopoulos, A., Riefler, P. Formative Indikatoren: Einige Anmerkungen zu ihrer Art, Validität und Multikollinearität. Z. Betriebswirtsch 78, 1183–1196 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11573-008-0099-7

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