Professor Wayne Rodgers W.Rodgers@hull.ac.uk
Chair Professor of Accounting
This paper describes why and when formative factors, in combination with reflective measures, can be used in accounting research to better represent complex theoretical constructs. We argue that the exclusive use of reflective factors constrains theory development and may lead to imprecise measurement. We provide a review of 66 published research papers from Accounting, Organization and Society, The Accounting Review, Contemporary Accounting Research, Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory, Accounting, Auditing, & Accountability Journal, Behavioral Research in Accounting, International Journal of Accounting, Journal of Accounting and Public Policy, Management Accounting Research, Abacus, and Journal of Management Accounting Research using Structural Equation Models (SEM) from 1992 to 2008 to illustrate improvement of misspecification bias in leading accounting journals. Our findings suggest that most of the studies modeled constructs that did not include formative indicators.
Rodgers, W., & Guiral, A. (2011). Potential model misspecification bias: formative indicators enhancing theory for accounting researchers. International Journal of Accounting, 46(1), 25-50. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intacc.2010.12.002
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Publication Date | 2011-03 |
Deposit Date | Nov 13, 2014 |
Journal | International Journal Of Accounting |
Print ISSN | 0020-7063 |
Publisher | Elsevier |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 46 |
Issue | 1 |
Pages | 25-50 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intacc.2010.12.002 |
Public URL | https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/468445 |
Publisher URL | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0020706310001135 |
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