Table 4

Measures

VariablesItemOW/OLbt-valueAlphaCRAVE
Perceptions of the firm’s response (formative) based on focus group insights(not at all useful…extremely useful)a
not at all helpful…extremely helpful0.659.074***
not at all emotional…extremely emotional0.203.38**
not at all credible…extremely credible0.374.75***
Complaint satisfactionc(reflective) adapted fromMaxham and Netemeyer (2002), Varela-Neira et al. (2010)I would be satisfied with the way the hotel handled my complaint0.96156.74***0.950.960.90
Complaining to the hotel seems to be a positive experience0.94108.90***
In my opinion, the hotel provides a satisfactory answer to my problem0.95104.13***
Customer orientation perceptions3 (reflective) adapted fromHomburg and Fürst (2007), Valenzuela et al. (2010)The hotel is aware that customers are important factors that influence their success0.8963.94***0.940.960.85
The hotel emphasizes customer-related activities0.9378.12***
The hotel has a customer-oriented culture0.95133.95***
Customers are a focal point of the … hotel’s activities0.9252.04***
Attitudes toward the firm (reflective) adapted fromSpears and Singh (2004)unappealing…appealing0.9061.00***0.960.970.87
bad…good0.9391.88***
unpleasant…pleasant0.95134.79***
unfavorable…favorable0.95175.24***
unlikeable…likeable0.95130.06***
Note(s)

aThe first indicator was excluded from the analysis because of high correlations with the other indicators; low to moderate correlations between the remaining indicators; bOW = outer weights (formative indicators), OL = outer loadings (reflective indicators); CR = composite reliability, AVE = average variance extracted; cscales for complaint satisfaction and customer orientation perceptions: 1 = completely disagree, …, 7 = completely agree; model fit: SRMR = 0.03; NFI = 0.93; ***: p < 0.001; **: p < 0.01; *: p < 0.05; The stars do not represent footnote designators. They indicate statistical significance levels. The meaning of the stars as significance levels is explained in the table’s footnote

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