Universität zu Köln

Ghasemy, Majid, Teeroovengadum, Viraiyan, Becker, Jan-Michael ORCID: 0000-0003-3013-3739 and Ringle, Christian M. ORCID: 0000-0002-7027-8804 (2020). This fast car can move faster: a review of PLS-SEM application in higher education research. High. Educ., 80 (6). S. 1121 - 1153. DORDRECHT: SPRINGER. ISSN 1573-174X

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Abstract

The relevance and prominence of the partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) method has recently increased in higher education research, especially in explanatory and predictive studies. We therefore first aim to assess previous PLS-SEM applications by providing a systematic review; second, we aim to highlight and summarize important guidelines for conducting a rigorous PLS-SEM analysis of the current state of results reporting in higher education journals. Specifically, this study focuses on empirical PLS-SEM applications in 14 major higher education journals indexed in the Thomson Reuters Web of Science and in the Elsevier-Scopus databases between 1999 and 2018. We initially identified 49 relevant papers published in 10 higher education journals. Based on these papers' generally followed guidelines, we thereafter identified various issues related to data screening, model characteristics, measurement model evaluation, structural model evaluation, and the application of state-of-the-art PLS-SEM advanced methods requiring particular attention. Furthermore, we recommend recent guidelines to improve PLS-SEM applications and practices, besides providing specific suggestions regarding utilizing the method's strength in terms of relevant higher education research questions. Our findings remind researchers, reviewers, and journal editors to remain vigilant, should help them avoid inaccuracies in future publications, and ensure rigor.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Ghasemy, Majid UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Teeroovengadum, Viraiyan UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Becker, Jan-Michael UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0003-3013-3739 UNSPECIFIED Ringle, Christian M. UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-7027-8804 UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-336311
DOI:	10.1007/s10734-020-00534-1
Journal or Publication Title:	High. Educ.
Volume:	80
Number:	6
Page Range:	S. 1121 - 1153
Date:	2020
Publisher:	SPRINGER
Place of Publication:	DORDRECHT
ISSN:	1573-174X
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language PARTIAL LEAST-SQUARES; TREATING UNOBSERVED HETEROGENEITY; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELS; MANAGEMENT RESEARCH; FIMIX-PLS; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; STUDENT SATISFACTION; LATENT-VARIABLES; SYSTEMS; PERFORMANCE Multiple languages Education & Educational Research Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/33631