Study on Application of SEM in Management Research in China

The use of Structural equation modeling (SEM) to examine management phenomena has increased dramatically in china in recent years,suggesting that a critical evaluation of the important statistical technique's implementation is needed.By ana- lyzed the use of SEM in 39 management studies published in ten journals form 2001 to 2004,We found there are a lot of errors in model modification and comparing and equivalent models.Through the reporting of the use of SEM and discussing about the problems,we hope that the researchers can better deploy SEM and SEM makes more achievements in future management research.