4.3. Structural model
The second step in the PLS analysis is the estimation of
the specified structural equations. As PLS does not make
any assumption about data distribution, the statistical
significance of examined paths is evaluated by nonparametric
techniques. Bootstrapping with replacement using 500 samples (generated from the original dataset)
was undertaken, as suggested by Chin (1998). Table 5
presents the structural model and outlines the results of
the hypothesis testing. The structural model was independently
tested for the exploratory and exploitative project
subgroups. All control variables were included in the
research model from stage 1, which represents the model
without the interaction variable.