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Table 3 Measurement model

From: The influence of CEO’s financial literacy on SMEs technological innovation: the mediating effects of MCS and risk-taking

CEO’s financial literacy (CFL)

Loads

p-value

Management Control System (MCS)

Loads

p-value

Q2

α

0.856

CFL1

0.795

0.000

α

0.884

MCS1

0.648

0.000

0.167

ρA

0.859

CFL2

0.858

0.000

ρA

0.896

MCS2

0.722

0.000

0.115

CR

0.902

CFL3

0.875

0.000

CR

0.910

MCS3

0.813

0.000

0.208

AVE

0.698

CFL4

0.812

0.000

AVE

0.594

MCS4

0.860

0.000

0.357

      

Q2

0.225

MCS5

0.863

0.000

0.310

        

MCS6

0.758

0.000

0.191

        

MCS7

0.707

0.000

0.225

Risk-taking

  

Loads

p-value

Q2

Technological innovation

  

Loads

p-value

Q2

α

0.768

RT1

0.741

0.000

0.140

α

0.867

I1

0.673

0.000

0.084

ρA

0.777

RT2

0.764

0.000

0.047

ρA

0.882

I2

0.785

0.000

0.194

CR

0.849

RT3

0.804

0.000

0.118

CR

0.900

I3

0.756

0.000

0.122

AVE

0.585

RT4

0.749

0.000

0.102

AVE

0.601

I4

0.752

0.000

0.152

Q2

0.102

    

Q2

0.16

I5

0.861

0.000

0.251

        

I6

0.813

0.000

0.155

  1. Convergent validity and reliability
  2. Significance and t statistic performed by 10,000 rep. Bootstrapping procedure. Cross-validated redundancies Stone-Geisser Q2 performed by a 9 Distance-Blindfolding procedure. α Cronbach’s alpha, ρA Dijkstra-Henseler’s rho, CR Jöreskog’s composite reliability, AVE average variance extracted