An assessment of the use of partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) in hospitality research

[1 ]College of Hospitality and Tourism Leadership, University of South Florida - Sarasota-Manatee, Sarasota, Florida, USA

[2 ]Housing, Building and Planning School, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia

[3 ]Faculty of Economics and Management, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany, and University of Newcastle, Callaghan, Australia

[4 ]Faculty of Management Science and Technology, Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH), Hamburg, Germany

[5 ]Department of Food Service Management, Sejong University, Seoul, Republic of Korea