Dear Christian,
Thanks for your reply! It worked very well. Did you mean A Primer on Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) when you talked about Hair et al. (2013)?
Greetings,
Katja
Calculating T-Value for indirect effects: a*b/sd(ai*bi) ?
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Negative path coefficient for indirect effect and its impact on the total effect
Dear all,
The product of the two effects (direct and indirect) obtained from the Path coefficients (Mean, STDEV, T-Values) of the bootstrap results is negative, i.e., -0.2145. Meanwhile, the path coefficient of the direct effect is 0.3058. As a result, the total effect is 0.3058 - 0.2145 = -0.189.
I don't know how to interpret this result. Please advise. Thank you very much.
Best,
May
The product of the two effects (direct and indirect) obtained from the Path coefficients (Mean, STDEV, T-Values) of the bootstrap results is negative, i.e., -0.2145. Meanwhile, the path coefficient of the direct effect is 0.3058. As a result, the total effect is 0.3058 - 0.2145 = -0.189.
I don't know how to interpret this result. Please advise. Thank you very much.
Best,
May
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Re: Calculating T-Value for indirect effects: a*b/sd(ai*bi) ?
That sounds like a typical example of competetive mediation: https://www.smartpls.com/documentation/ ... /mediation
There could be many reasons for such an effect. Most of them a subject specific theoretical reasons. So you need to consider based on your domain knowledge whether it makes sense from a substantive point of view.
There could be many reasons for such an effect. Most of them a subject specific theoretical reasons. So you need to consider based on your domain knowledge whether it makes sense from a substantive point of view.
Dr. Jan-Michael Becker, BI Norwegian Business School, SmartPLS Developer
Researchgate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jan_Michael_Becker
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Researchgate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jan_Michael_Becker
GoogleScholar: http://scholar.google.de/citations?user ... AAAJ&hl=de