期刊名称：Journal of Alternative Perspectives in the Social Sciences
印刷版ISSN：1944-1088
电子版ISSN：1944-1096
出版年度：2018
卷号：5
期号：1
页码：1-61
出版社：Guild of Independent Scholars
摘要：The purpose of this study is to facilitate beginners to understand mediation analysis and its’ statistical procedures in the field of management. This article explained the evolution of mediation analysis, which provides a basic understanding towards the idea of mediation. And further, the general assumptions to carry out mediation analysis were highlighted. Next, the study covered the different approaches towards mediation; and statistical procedures were outlined to ease the understanding of practicing researchers in the field of management. And it was noted that, bootstrapping is the best method to conduct mediation analysis. One of the major limitations of this study is, the technical part of the statistical theory about variance, estimates, confidence intervals, effect size, etc., were not explained in detail. Also, few modern methods were not included as the motive is to ease the understanding of practicing researchers in the field.
关键词：mediation analysis; traditional method; modern methods; hypothesis testing
