Formative Versus Reflective Indicators in Organizational Measure Development: A Comparison and Empirical Illustration
比较了反映性和形成性两种测量视角对组织研究中多指标测量工具开发的影响，以出口协调为例，发现测量视角的选择会影响测量内容、简洁性和效度。
A comparison is undertaken between scale development and index construction procedures to trace the implications of adopting a reflective versus formative perspective when creating multi‐item measures for organizational research. Focusing on export coordination as an illustrative construct of interest, the results show that the choice of measurement perspective impacts on the content, parsimony and criterion validity of the derived coordination measures. Implications for practising researchers seeking to develop multi‐item measures of organizational constructs are considered.