Measurement scales
| Scale | Type of Scale | Description | Cronbach's α |
|---|---|---|---|
| (1) Perceived Severity of Service Failure (Maxham and Netemeyer, 2002) | 5-point scale “not a problem” to “a major problem” | What I experienced on this website is … | 0.953 (3 items) |
| 5-point scale “no inconvenience” to “a major inconvenience” | |||
| 5-point scale “not an aggravation” to “a major aggravation” | |||
| (2) (Overall) Satisfaction with the Retailer's Online Store (Maxham and Netemeyer, 2002) | 7-point scale “strongly disagree” to “strongly agree” | I am satisfied with my overall experience with this online store | 0.853 (3 items) |
| 7-point scale “strongly disagree” to “strongly agree” | As a whole, I am not satisfied with this online store (R) | ||
| 7-point scale“very dissatisfied” to “very satisfied” | How satisfied are you overall with the quality of this online store? | ||
| (3) Attitude towards the Retailer's Brand (Spears and Singh, 2004) | 7-point scale “strongly disagree” to “strongly agree” | I like this retailer I feel positive towards this retailer Shopping at this retailer is desirable | 0.945 (3 items) |
| (4) Willingness to Stay (continue shopping) (Wakefield and Baker, 1998) | 5-point scale “strongly disagree” to “strongly agree” | I like to remain in this online store as long as possible I enjoy spending time in this online store | 0.924 (3 items) |
| (5) Intentions to Spend Less (Baker et al., 2002) | 10-point scale at “much less” to “much more” | How likely are you to spend more or less in this online store than planned? | – |
| (6) Negative WOM (Baker et al., 2002) | 10-point scale at “very unlikely” to “very likely” | I am willing to recommend this online store to others | – |
| (7) Likelihood to Abandon Shopping Cart (Wakefield and Baker, 1998) | 10-point scale at “very unlikely” to “very likely” | How likely are you to proceed to the check out and pay for the product you chose? | – |
| (8) Outshopping Propensity (Disloyalty) (Wakefield and Baker, 1998) | Semantic differential | In the future, shopping on this website is Not at all – very frequent Unlikely – likely Not probable – very probable Impossible – very possible | 0.899 (4 items) |
| (9) Attribution of Controllability and Stability (Russell, 1982; Hess et al., 2003) | Semantic differential | The cause of the (failure description) is likely to be Temporary – Permanent Stable over time – Varies over time. (R) Changing over time – Unchanging over time Highly controllable by the retailer – Not at all controllable by the retailer (R) Preventable by the retailer – Not at all preventable by the retailer (R) | 0.600 (5 items) |
| (10) Customers' Service Recovery Expectations (Hess et al., 2003) | 7-point scale “strongly disagree” to “strongly agree” | I expect the retailer to do everything in its power to solve the problem I don't expect the retailer to exert much effort to solve problem. (R) I expect the retailer to try to make up for the (failure description) | 0.697 (3 items) |
| (11) Mobile Shopping Experience | 6-point scale “very inexperienced” to “very experienced” | How experienced would you say you are with shopping apparel mobile? | – |
| Scale | Type of Scale | Description | Cronbach's α |
|---|---|---|---|
| (1) Perceived Severity of Service Failure ( | 5-point scale | What I experienced on this website is … | 0.953 (3 items) |
| 5-point scale | |||
| 5-point scale | |||
| (2) (Overall) | 7-point scale | I am satisfied with my overall experience with this online store | 0.853 (3 items) |
| 7-point scale | As a whole, I am not satisfied with this online store (R) | ||
| 7-point scale“very dissatisfied” to “very satisfied” | How satisfied are you overall with the quality of this online store? | ||
| (3) Attitude towards the Retailer's Brand ( | 7-point scale | I like this retailer | 0.945 (3 items) |
| (4) Willingness to Stay (continue shopping) ( | 5-point scale | I like to remain in this online store as long as possible | 0.924 (3 items) |
| (5) Intentions to Spend Less ( | 10-point scale | How likely are you to spend more or less in this online store than planned? | |
| (6) Negative WOM ( | 10-point scale | I am willing to recommend this online store to others | |
| (7) Likelihood to Abandon Shopping Cart ( | 10-point scale | How likely are you to proceed to the check out and pay for the product you chose? | |
| (8) Outshopping Propensity (Disloyalty) ( | Semantic differential | In the future, shopping on this website is | 0.899 (4 items) |
| (9) Attribution of Controllability and Stability ( | Semantic differential | The cause of the (failure description) is likely to be | 0.600 (5 items) |
| (10) Customers' Service Recovery Expectations ( | 7-point scale | I expect the retailer to do everything in its power to solve the problem | 0.697 (3 items) |
| (11) Mobile Shopping Experience | 6-point scale | How experienced would you say you are with shopping apparel mobile? | – |
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