%0 Journal Article
%T Inconsistencies of the PLS-PM approach to structural equation models with formative-reflective schemes
%A Giorgio Vittadini
%A Marco Fattore
%A Matteo M Pelagatti
%J -
%D 2012
%R DOI Code: 10.1285/i20705948v5n3p333
%X The principal aim of the paper is to show the inconsistencies of PLS-PM as a statistical tool to estimate structural equation models with formative-reflective schemes. We show that PLS-PM is not suitable to this kind of models, since it may even fail in identifying existing causal links between the variables of concern. We bring evidences of these facts discussing a real-data example and comparing the results by PLS-PM with those obtained by a simpler least squares approach
%K Formative-Reflective models
%K PLS-PM
%K Causal models
%U http://siba-ese.unisalento.it/index.php/ejasa/article/view/12151