Modeling and assessing forged concepts in tourism and hospitality using confirmatory composite analysis
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2022
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Elservier
Abstract
Confirmatory composite analysis (CCA) was recently proposed as a viable approach to modeling and assessing
forged concepts, i.e., theoretical concepts that emerge from their components within their environment. This
study introduces CCA to the field of tourism and hospitality research and shows how CCA can be conducted
using estimators known from structural equation modeling (SEM) with latent variables as implemented in
common SEM software. It shows how emergent variables can be employed to model forged concepts and how
CCA can be used for assessing them. In doing so, we explain the four major CCA steps comprising (1) model
specification, (2) model identification, (3) model estimation, and (4) model assessment. To illustrate and guide
scholars in applying CCA, we provide an empirical example from the field of tourism and hospitality research.
Description
Journal of Business Research 152 (2022) 221–230
Keywords
Confirmatory composite analysis,Emergent variable,Formative construct,Forged concept,H–O specification,Tourism & hospitality