期刊
ORGANIZATIONAL RESEARCH METHODS
卷 25, 期 3, 页码 591-617出版社
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/1094428121999096
关键词
mediation analysis; robust statistics; linear regression; bootstrap
资金
- Dutch Research Council (NWO), research program Vidi [VI.Vidi.195.141]
Mediation analysis is crucial in organizational sciences, but traditional linear regression analysis based on normal-theory maximum likelihood estimators is sensitive to deviations from normality assumptions. To address this issue, a robust mediation method has been developed, which demonstrates superior estimation of effect size and reliability in assessing significance, along with freely available software for empirical researchers.
Mediation analysis is central to theory building and testing in organizational sciences. Scholars often use linear regression analysis based on normal-theory maximum likelihood estimators to test mediation. However, these estimators are very sensitive to deviations from normality assumptions, such as outliers, heavy tails, or skewness of the observed distribution. This sensitivity seriously threatens the empirical testing of theory about mediation mechanisms. To overcome this threat, we develop a robust mediation method that yields reliable results even when the data deviate from normality assumptions. We demonstrate the mechanics of our proposed method in an illustrative case, while simulation studies show that our method is both superior in estimating the effect size and more reliable in assessing its significance than the existing methods. Furthermore, we provide freely available software in R and SPSS to enhance its accessibility and adoption by empirical researchers.
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