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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Autores: Cheah, Jun-Hwa, Nitzl, Christian, Roldán Salgueiro, José Luis, Cepeda-Carrión, Gabriel, Gudergan, Siegfried P.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Sevilla (US)
Repositorio:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla
OAI Identifier:oai:idus.us.es:11441/136344
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/11441/136344
https://doi.org/10.1145/3505639.3505645
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:PLS-SEM
Partial Least Squares
Structural equation modeling
Conditional mediation analysis
Conditional mediation model
Conditional indirect effect
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Sumario: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