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JOURNAL OF BUSINESS AND PSYCHOLOGY
Volume 27, Issue 1, Pages 1-14Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10869-011-9248-z
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Mediation; Moderation; Indirect effects; Causal inference; Longitudinal models; Significance testing; Confidence intervals
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Business theories often specify the mediating mechanisms by which a predictor variable affects an outcome variable. In the last 30 years, investigations of mediating processes have become more widespread with corresponding developments in statistical methods to conduct these tests. The purpose of this article is to provide guidelines for mediation studies by focusing on decisions made prior to the research study that affect the clarity of conclusions from a mediation study, the statistical models for mediation analysis, and methods to improve interpretation of mediation results after the research study. Throughout this article, the importance of a program of experimental and observational research for investigating mediating mechanisms is emphasized.
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