… We also claim that there are conceptual implications of the failure to appreciate the
moderator-mediator distinction. Among the issues we will discuss in this regard are missed op…

… domain of the business research by providing conceptual analysis of the moderating and
mediating variables and exploring their potent effects in business research. To provide specific …

… variable and an outcome variable (Baron & Kenny, 1986). Thus, … The moderatormediator
variable distinction in social psychological research: Conceptual, strategic, and statistical con…

… While the popularity of the Baron and Kenny's regression based … research (95%) and
moderator-mediator mixed model … the variable is categorical or continuous, the general strategy is …

… in their landmark 1986 paper, Baron & Kenny proposed conceptual, strategic, and statistical
… emphasis on timing, no variable can be described as a moderator-mediator or a mediator-…

… an outcome variable (Baron & Kenny, 1986). In Figure 1C, … a replicative strategy), and only
one controlled for a third variable that … effects in social psychological research: Measurement, …

… study. Second, there are substantial conceptual and statistical challenges to identifying …
moderating and mediating variables that require a program of research. The identification of …

… causal steps approach popularized by Baron and Kenny (Citation1986). This … variable
effects (see MacKinnon, Lockwood, & Williams, Citation2004). I focus only on the basic concepts …

… of the moderator concept to … Baron and Kenny 1986). Techniques should be employed
which provide capabilities for capturing both the moderator and mediator roles of a variable…

… contemporary conceptual definitions of mediation and moderation and present distinctions
… Between the years 1986 and 1991, the number of annual citations of the Baron and Kenny …