A Rejoinder to Rigdon et al. (2014)

We appreciate the interest shown by Rigdon et al. [Rigdon EE, Becker J-M, Rai A, Ringle CM, Diamantopoulos A, Karahanna E, Straub DW, Dijkstra TK 2014 Conflating antecedents and formative indicators: A comment on Aguirre-Urreta and Marakas. Inform. Systems Res. 254:780-784.] in our recent work and for the time and effort spent in carefully considering it and offering their comments and concerns. In what follows, and within the limitations of a short rejoinder, we offer our response to their comments, highlighting points of agreement and noting where more research is necessary.

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