AOM 2009 Annual Meeting
Methods for Integrating Moderation and Mediation
Track
:
August 8, 2009
Program Code:
335
Date:
Saturday, August 8, 2009
Time:
4:40 PM to 6:40 PM
EST
Location:
SHC - Erie Room
PRESENTER
:
Jeffrey R. Edwards, U. of North Carolina
Description
Studies that combine moderation and mediation are prevalent in management research. Typically, these studies are framed in terms of moderated mediation or mediated moderation, both of which involve similar analytical approaches. Unfortunately, these approaches have shortcomings that conceal the nature of the effects under investigation. This session presents a general analytical framework for combining moderation and mediation that integrates moderated regression analysis and path analysis. This framework clarifies how moderator variables influence the paths that constitute the direct, indirect, and total effects of mediated models. Step-by-step instructions for applying the framework are provided, and an empirical example is given.