Analytic Framework for Fitting and Comparing Diversified versus Unified Models
Data for estimating the fit of models A through E were obtained by bringing together the four new meta-analytic estimates described above with 17 other meta-analyses estimating bivariate relationships between job attitudes and work behaviors. Use of meta-analytically derived matrices for structural equation models was advised by Viswesvaran and Ones (1995) and Shadish (1996) and has been reported many times in the human resources and organizational behavior literatures (e.g., Bhaskar - Shrinivas, Harrison, Shaffer, & Lau, 2005). A series of
meta-analyses published since 1989 provided estimates for the input correlation matrix (see the foot-notes for Table 2). In this approach, the structural equation model uses manifest indicators without correction for measurement error, as these corrections have already been accomplished through meta-analysis.