Psychometric properties and results of confirmatory factor analysis
| Item | Standardized loadings | Cronbach’s alpha | Composite reliability | AVE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violation of quality maxima | 0.919 | 0.942 | 0.803 | |
| Distorted – accurate (r) | ||||
| Altered – authentic (r) | 0.909 | |||
| Fabricated – genuine (r) | 0.903 | |||
| False – true (r) | 0.892 | |||
| Violation of quantity maxima | 0.941 | 0.923 | 0.749 | |
| Uninformative – informative (r) | 0.888 | |||
| Incomplete – complete (r) | 0.852 | |||
| Nondisclosive – disclosive (r) | 0.909 | |||
| Concealing – revealing (r) | 0.810 | |||
| Violation of relevance maxim1 | 0.901 | 0.900 | 0.752 | |
| Inappropriate – appropriate (r) | 0.885 | |||
| Nonapplicable – applicable (r) | 0.899 | |||
| Impertinent – pertinent (r) | 0.815 | |||
| Violation of clarity maxim1 | 0.935 | 0.936 | 0.787 | |
| Ambiguous – clear (r) | 0.781 | |||
| Indefinite – definite (r) | 0.945 | |||
| Vague – precise (r) | 0.896 | |||
| Obscure – straight forward (r) | 0.917 | |||
| Perceived customer manipulation (Restriction of autonomy)b | 0.940 | 0.942 | 0.763 | |
| I felt free to do things my own way | 0.834 | |||
| I felt that I had a lot of control over my visiting experiences at this online shop | 0.816 | |||
| I believe that I had a choice over whether to buy the product | 0.883 | |||
| I felt like it was my own choice as to buy the product | 0.919 | |||
| I feel like I decided by myself | 0.912 | |||
| Perceived customer manipulation (Bad information quality)b | 0.954 | 0.954 | 0.777 | |
| The information provided is consistent | 0.827 | |||
| The information provided is objective | 0.819 | |||
| The information provided is believable | 0.929 | |||
| The information provided is trustworthy | 0.931 | |||
| The information provided is credible | 0.899 | |||
| The information provided is reasonable | 0.877 | |||
| Perceived customer manipulation (Feeling tricked)b | 0.901 | 0.902 | 0.649 | |
| To accomplish its own objectives, the online shop alters the facts slightly | 0.756 | |||
| To accomplish its own objectives, the online shop promises to do things without actually doing them | 0.790 | |||
| The online shop attempted to close the sale before all of my concerns were addressed | 0.829 | |||
| The online shop kept pushing me toward one product when I was interested in another | 0.911 | |||
| The online shop was more interested in selling me his or her recommendation than the product I wanted | 0.839 | |||
| Attitude toward the websitea | 0.942 | 0.943 | 0.801 | |
| This website is bad – This website is good | 0.891 | |||
| I dislike this website – I like this website | 0.892 | |||
| I react unfavorably toward this website – I react favorably toward this website | 0.915 | |||
| I have negative feelings toward this website – I have positive feelings toward this website | 0.892 | |||
| Purchase intentionb | ||||
| How likely is it that you would have completed the purchase? | ||||
| Loyalty intentionsb | 0.946 | 0.947 | 0.856 | |
| I will choose this online shop in the future | 0.915 | |||
| I will prefer to choose this online shop over other online shops | 0.936 | |||
| I will recommend this online shop to someone else | 0.924 | |||
| Perceived customer manipulation (second order) | 0.794 | 0.573 | ||
| Restriction of autonomy | 0.695 | |||
| Bad information quality | 0.948 | |||
| Feeling tricked | 0.580 |
| Item | Standardized loadings | Cronbach’s alpha | Composite reliability | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.919 | 0.942 | 0.803 | ||
| Distorted – accurate (r) | ||||
| Altered – authentic (r) | 0.909 | |||
| Fabricated – genuine (r) | 0.903 | |||
| False – true (r) | 0.892 | |||
| 0.941 | 0.923 | 0.749 | ||
| Uninformative – informative (r) | 0.888 | |||
| Incomplete – complete (r) | 0.852 | |||
| Nondisclosive – disclosive (r) | 0.909 | |||
| Concealing – revealing (r) | 0.810 | |||
| 0.901 | 0.900 | 0.752 | ||
| Inappropriate – appropriate (r) | 0.885 | |||
| Nonapplicable – applicable (r) | 0.899 | |||
| Impertinent – pertinent (r) | 0.815 | |||
| 0.935 | 0.936 | 0.787 | ||
| Ambiguous – clear (r) | 0.781 | |||
| Indefinite – definite (r) | 0.945 | |||
| Vague – precise (r) | 0.896 | |||
| Obscure – straight forward (r) | 0.917 | |||
| Perceived customer manipulation | 0.940 | 0.942 | 0.763 | |
| I felt free to do things my own way | 0.834 | |||
| I felt that I had a lot of control over my visiting experiences at this online shop | 0.816 | |||
| I believe that I had a choice over whether to buy the product | 0.883 | |||
| I felt like it was my own choice as to buy the product | 0.919 | |||
| I feel like I decided by myself | 0.912 | |||
| Perceived customer manipulation | 0.954 | 0.954 | 0.777 | |
| The information provided is consistent | 0.827 | |||
| The information provided is objective | 0.819 | |||
| The information provided is believable | 0.929 | |||
| The information provided is trustworthy | 0.931 | |||
| The information provided is credible | 0.899 | |||
| The information provided is reasonable | 0.877 | |||
| Perceived customer manipulation | 0.901 | 0.902 | 0.649 | |
| To accomplish its own objectives, the online shop alters the facts slightly | 0.756 | |||
| To accomplish its own objectives, the online shop promises to do things without actually doing them | 0.790 | |||
| The online shop attempted to close the sale before all of my concerns were addressed | 0.829 | |||
| The online shop kept pushing me toward one product when I was interested in another | 0.911 | |||
| The online shop was more interested in selling me his or her recommendation than the product I wanted | 0.839 | |||
| 0.942 | 0.943 | 0.801 | ||
| This website is bad – This website is good | 0.891 | |||
| I dislike this website – I like this website | 0.892 | |||
| I react unfavorably toward this website – I react favorably toward this website | 0.915 | |||
| I have negative feelings toward this website – I have positive feelings toward this website | 0.892 | |||
| How likely is it that you would have completed the purchase? | ||||
| 0.946 | 0.947 | 0.856 | ||
| I will choose this online shop in the future | 0.915 | |||
| I will prefer to choose this online shop over other online shops | 0.936 | |||
| I will recommend this online shop to someone else | 0.924 | |||
| Perceived customer manipulation | 0.794 | 0.573 | ||
| Restriction of autonomy | 0.695 | |||
| Bad information quality | 0.948 | |||
| Feeling tricked | 0.580 |
a measured on semantic differential scales; b measured on seven-point Likert-scales; AVE = average variance extracted
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