The present study examined the components of end of kindergarten writing, using data from 242 kindergartners. Specifically of interest was the importance of spelling, letter writing fluency, reading, and word- and syntax-level oral language skills in writing. The results from structural equation modeling revealed that oral language, spelling, and letter writing fluency were positively and uniqu...

Examination of functional interactions through effective connectivity requires the determination of three distinct levels of information: (1) the regions involved in the process and forming the spatial support of the network, (2) the presence or absence of interactions between each pair of regions, and (3) the directionality of the existing interactions. While many methods exist to select regio...

Evaluating overall model fit for growth curve models involves 3 challenging issues. (a) Three types of longitudinal data with different implications for model fit may be distinguished: balanced on time with complete data, balanced on time with data missing at random, and unbalanced on time. (b) Traditional work on fit from the structural equation modeling (SEM) perspective has focused only on t...

Purpose – Organizational performance, growth and development may depend considerably on entrepreneurship in existing organizations (intrapreneurship) and intrapreneurship employee-related antecedents. The purpose of this study is to focus on employee satisfaction (composed of four dimensions: general satisfaction with work; employee relationships; remuneration, benefits and organizational cultu...

This paper presents a theoretical and empirical analysis of the implications of a quality management QM initiative on strategic flexibility. Our study defines flexibility from a strategic approach and examines the extent to which, why, and how the triggering factors of strategic flexibility are related to QM elements. The hypotheses put forward are tested in an empirical study carried out on a ...

The innovation process in SMEs (smalland medium-sized enterprises) is complex and in comparison with large firms the causal relationships between promoting factors and innovation have yet not been sufficiently clarified. This chapter attempts to analyze the innovation process using Structural Equation Modeling, in particular focusing on the role of ICT. Seven hypotheses are demonstrated by two ...

Nowadays, as the trend of establishing strategic allied relationship between channel members has reinforced, information sharing has became an important method of upholding relationship of channel members and improving relationship quality. This paper selects some distributors of Haier as the research object, applies structural equation model to the research of relationship among information sh...

In this paper, we investigates symbol representation introducing a new hybrid approach. Using a combination of statistical and structural descriptors, we overcome deficiencies of each method taken alone. Indeed, a Region Adjacency Graph of loops is associated with a graph of vectorial primitives. Thus, a loop is both representend in terms of its boundaries and its content. Some preliminary resu...