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Table 2 Correlation matrix, reliability estimates, convergent and discriminant validity and descriptive statistics

From: Training and business performance: the mediating role of absorptive capacities

Composite/measures

AVE

Composite reliability

1. ACAP

2. TCOND

3. ORGP

1. Absorptive capacity (ACAP)

0.66

0.83

0.81

0

0

2. Training conditions (TCOND)

0.67

0.91

0.77

0.82

0

3. Organizational performance (ORGP)

0.81

0.9

0.73

0.53

0.90

Cronbach’s alpha

–

–

0.75

0.87

0.78

Mean

–

–

5.04

5.32

4.90

Typical deviation

–

–

0.91

1.18

1.01

  1. The means were evaluated based on the average scores of the different first-order composites that comprise each of the second-order composites considered. The correlations are those of the second-order composites according to the CFA outputs. The elements in the diagonal are the square root of the AVE