Toward a taxonomy of multidimensional constructs

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Law, KS; Wong, CS; Mobley, WH
• 署名单位: Hong Kong University of Science & Technology; Chinese University of Hong Kong
• 刊物名称: ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT REVIEW
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0363-7425
• DOI: 10.5465/amr.1998.1255636
• 发表日期: 1998
• 页码: 741-755
• 关键词: ROLE AMBIGUITY; CAUSAL-MODELS; ROLE-CONFLICT; job; perceptions; validation; strategies; BEHAVIOR; support; DESIGN

摘要

We propose a taxonomy of multidimensional constructs based on the relations between the construct and its dimensions. Multidimensional constructs that exist at deeper levels than their dimensions we term latent model. We call constructs formed as algebraic functions of their dimensions aggregate model, whereas constructs formed as different profiles of dimensional characteristics we term profile model. We discuss the nature of multidimensional constructs defined under these models and their operationalizations in empirical research.