Hello everyone,
I am writing the literature review for my masters thesis. I use a moderated mediation but I cannot fully justify the moderation with the existing literature. Can I still use this moderation hypothesis? Is there a way I can justify the hypothesis?
Thank you very much.
What is the source of your belief that moderation might exist? Your justification does not necessarily need to come from the previous literature.
If nothing else, you could have a statement such as, "Although others have investigated the moderating effects of (list variables), no one has yet examined (your variable)..."
Overall, additions to knowledge do not have to build directly on previous ideas, so don't be afraid to pose a new hypothesis.
Hi Leonie, you can use it of course; however you need to justify why you are investigating it. I would recommend this paper , in order to build your argument:
Venkatraman, N., 1989. The concept of fit in strategy research: Toward verbal and statistical correspondence. Academy of management review, 14(3), pp.423-444.
hope it helps
Or you could examine the interaction using glm, for example
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