Visualizing Moderating Effects in Path Models with Latent Variables

Path models with and without latent variables are extensively used in e-collaboration research. Both direct and moderating relationships can be included in such path models. Moderating relationships involve three latent variables, the moderating variable and a pair of variables that are connected through a direct link. This paper discusses the visualization of moderating relationships through two-dimensional and three-dimensional graphs. The software WarpPLS version 5.0 is used in this discussion, since it provides an extensive set of graphs that can be used to visualize moderating effects.