A Critical Examination of Common Beliefs About Partial Least Squares Path Modeling
批判性审视了组织与管理研究中关于偏最小二乘路径建模（PLS）的常见信念，通过简单例子证明许多信念不成立，质疑该方法在构建和检验理论中的有效性。
Partial least squares path modeling (PLS) was developed in the 1960s and 1970s as a method for predictive modeling. In the succeeding years, applied disciplines, including organizational and management research, have developed beliefs about the capabilities of PLS and its suitability for different applications. On close examination, some of these beliefs prove to be unfounded and to bear little correspondence to the actual capabilities of PLS. In this article, we critically examine several of these commonly held beliefs. We describe their origins, and, using simple examples, we demonstrate that many of these beliefs are not true. We conclude that the method is widely misunderstood, and our results cast strong doubts on its effectiveness for building and testing theory in organizational research.