Training and business performance: the mediating role of absorptive capacities

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

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

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