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Dirk, I am aware of two articles that have mentioned this approach (there are probably others): Chin, Wynn and Abhijit Gopal (1995) "Adoption Intention in GSS: Relative Importance of Beliefs," Data Base Advances , Vol 26, Nos, 2&3 (May/August) 42-63. Bagozzi, Richard (1985) "Expec...

I have run second order models in PLS using a slightly different approach. Try merging the first order LV scores back into the original data and then create a new model using the first order LVs as indicators of a new second order LV. Construct the rest of the model as was done in the original first...