Toward A Taxonomy of Multidimensional Constructs
根据构念与其维度之间的关系，提出多维构念的分类法，包括潜变量模型、聚合模型和剖面模型，并讨论其性质及在实证研究中的操作化。
We propose a taxonomy of multidimensional constructs based on the relations between the construct and its dimensions. Multidimensional constructs that exist at deeper levels than their dimensions we term latent model. We call constructs formed as algebraic functions of their dimensions aggregate model, whereas constructs formed as different profiles of dimensional characteristics we term profile model. We discuss the nature of multidimensional constructs defined under these models and their operationalizations in empirical research.