A Review and Evaluation of Exploratory Factor Analysis Practices in Organizational Research

Conway, James M.; Huffcutt, Allen I.

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“…The multi-item measures were subjected to a series of exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses to assess dimensionality, convergent validity. The initial maximum likelihood exploratory factor analysis (with direct 33 The factors collectively accounted for 68.46 per cent of the total variance. However, since our a priori expectation was the emergence of four underlying factors (i.e.…”

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Integrating Cross-Border Acquisitions: A Process-oriented Approach

Colombo¹,

Conca²,

Buongiorno³

et al. 2007

Long Range Planning

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Acquisitions and mergers of equals often fail to deliver shareholder value, largely because poor integration practices do not allow synergies to be created. The issue has been addressed by several studies from two different research streams: the first looks at the combination of resources after the acquisitions and the second focuses on the human factor. We propose an integrated model where the effects of these key aspects are tested simultaneously and where three independent variables are included: the extent of planning and knowledge from previous acquisitions and knowledge from previous relationships. We believe that through the model managers can prioritise their actions and select an appropriate time horizon for the integration.

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Integrating Cross-Border Acquisitions: A Process-oriented Approach

Colombo¹,

Conca²,

Buongiorno³

et al. 2007

Long Range Planning

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“…cette méthode permet, à la différence de l'analyse en composantes principales, de mieux distinguer tous les facteurs latents qui se dégagent et de leur attribuer les items (conway & huffcutt, 2003, cités par Bourque, Poulin & cleaver, 2006. elle permet également de calculer plusieurs indices d'ajustements et de significativité des coefficients de saturation factorielle (Bourque, Poulin & cleaver, 2006).…”

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Conceptions de l’évaluation scolaire des élèves et des enseignants

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Cet article s’inscrit dans la foulée des études qui soutiennent l’idée que, plus que l’évaluation pratiquée en classe, c’est l’interprétation que s’en fait l’élève qui influe sur l’élaboration de sa propre conception de l’évaluation en matière scolaire. Dans cette perspective, nous nous sommes efforcés d’appréhender distinctement les conceptions que les enseignants et les élèves, en fin d’école primaire, se font de l’évaluation scolaire. Nous avons aussi créé un questionnaire visant à appréhender la manière dont les élèves perçoivent les conceptions de leur enseignant en matière d’évaluation. Dans une première étape d’analyse, nous avons validé les trois questionnaires (alpha de Cronbach, analyses factorielles exploratoires et confirmatoires). Ensuite, nous avons examiné les rapports des paramètres ainsi déterminés. Les résultats mettent en évidence que les élèves et les enseignants ont des visions multiples de l’évaluation, mais qui se ressemblent fortement. Il apparaît également que les conceptions et les inter prétations que les élèves se font des conceptions de l’évaluation de leurs ensei gnants ne convergent pas avec ce que déclarent les enseignants eux-mêmes. Par ailleurs, on constate que les perceptions que les élèves ont des conceptions de l’évaluation de leurs enseignants concordent assez régulièrement avec leurs propres conceptions. Les implications pédagogiques de ces différents constats sont discutées en fin d’article.

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“…Notwithstanding the fact that these procedures addresses the effects of multicollinearity, the authors recognize that the interpretation of the regression coefficients could be impaired. Conway & Huffcutt (2003) discuss the use of EFA for the unidimensionality test of a scale or construct. In a way, this can be viewed as the confirmatory use of an exploratory technique.…”

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“…Authors like Conway & Huffcutt (2003) and Fabrigar et al (1999) lay out the good practices of the EFA applications. Yet, before we probe into the adequate use of EFA -that is, before we discuss how appropriate the adjustment indicators are -, it is necessary to assess whether the exploratory techniques are indeed appropriate in light of the proposed objectives.…”

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Destruição de escalas de mensuração por meio da análise fatorial exploratória nas pesquisas da área de produção e operações

2018

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This paper aims to assess the use of Exploratory Factor Analysis by Production and Operations researchers, discussing the adequacy of its application. We analyzed 97 papers published between 2010 and 2015 in the Production and Operations area --of which 61 and 36 were published in international and Brazilian journals, respectively. These papers contain 140 different applications of Factor Analysis. The research shows that confirmatory techniques are prevalent in international papers, as well as exploratory techniques to evaluate the problem of common method bias. Conversely, the papers in Brazilian journals typically use the exploratory technique in more traditional ways, such as to confirm the unidimensionality of the construct, or still to generate scores for use in other statistical techniques. Despite the textbooks for the AFE teaching focus exclusively on the use of AFE in the exploratory mode (to identify the number and meaning of the common factors), this use has been less frequent in published articles, both national and international. Moreover, the research shows that the inappropriate use of exploratory (rather than confirmatory) factor analysis in four Brazilian papers resulted in the "destruction of theory". These findings suggest that national research have been using exploratory factor analysis in a questionable way; in this sense we propose scholars discuss this topic in order to disseminate the good practices.

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A Review and Evaluation of Exploratory Factor Analysis Practices in Organizational Research

Cited by 720 publications

References 29 publications

Integrating Cross-Border Acquisitions: A Process-oriented Approach

Integrating Cross-Border Acquisitions: A Process-oriented Approach

Conceptions de l’évaluation scolaire des élèves et des enseignants

Destruição de escalas de mensuração por meio da análise fatorial exploratória nas pesquisas da área de produção e operações

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