Correlations among the latent variables with square roots of the average variance extracted
| AVE | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sales Innovativeness Climate (1) | 0.57 | 0.769 | 0.754 | 0.569 | 0.611 | 0.639 |
| Creative Selling (2) | 0.52 | 0.754 | 0.767 | 0.662 | 0.677 | 0.604 |
| Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy (3) | 0.64 | 0.569 | 0.662 | 0.802 | 0.604 | 0.569 |
| Sales Performance (4) | 0.59 | 0.611 | 0.677 | 0.604 | 0.767 | 0.628 |
| Persistence (5) | 0.51 | 0.639 | 0.604 | 0.569 | 0.628 | 0.716 |
| AVE | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sales Innovativeness Climate (1) | 0.57 | 0.754 | 0.569 | 0.611 | 0.639 | |
| Creative Selling (2) | 0.52 | 0.754 | 0.662 | 0.677 | 0.604 | |
| Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy (3) | 0.64 | 0.569 | 0.662 | 0.604 | 0.569 | |
| Sales Performance (4) | 0.59 | 0.611 | 0.677 | 0.604 | 0.628 | |
| Persistence (5) | 0.51 | 0.639 | 0.604 | 0.569 | 0.628 |
Note(s): The square roots of the average variance extracted (AVE) are shown on the diagonal. In all cases, the square root of AVE exceeded the inter-construct correlations, supporting discriminant validity (Fornell and Larcker, 1981)
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