Table 1.

Variables and indicators

VariablesItemsFactor loadingsCronbach αCRAVE
VALUE FOR MONEY
Kuo et al. (2009) 
VM1: My mobile service company offers affordable services
VM2: My mobile service company offers a good value for money relationship
VM3: My mobile service company provides me with multiple benefits
VM4: My mobile service company provides value-added services, which are worth for me

0.774

0.877

0.848

0.876

0.906

0.902

0.710
CORPORATE IMAGE
Deng et al. (2010) 
IMAG2: My mobile service company has a good image, compared to other mobile service companies
IMAG3: My mobile service company has a good image among customers


0.858

0.909


0.869


0.870


0.768
INVOLVEMENT
Swilley and Golsmith (2007) 
INVOL2: Mobile services are important to me
INVOL3: I have great knowledge about mobile services
INVOL4: Mobile services strongly influence my life
0.718

0.870

0.702
0.7820.8150.615
SEARCH EFFORT
Bigné et al. (2011) 
SEAR1: I reviewed a great amount of information before contracting mobile services
SEAR2: I visited numerous companies and compared different services before I selected my company
SEAR3: I spent a lot of time searching for information about mobile services before I contracted with my company

0.762


0.768


0.895

0.846

0.850

0.602
SWITCHING BEHAVIOR
Bansal et al. (2005) 
SWITC1: I have the intention to switch my mobile services company
SWITC2: I regret to have subscribed the contract with my company

0.744

0.742

0.715

0.712

0.559
SATISFACTION
Oliver (1997) 
SAT1: I am satisfied with the service provided by my company
SAT2: My company meets my needs perfectly
SAT3: My company gives me the service I expect from a mobile service company
SAT4: My overall satisfaction with the service provided by my company is…

0.859

0.836

0.855

0.886

0.907

0.902

0.710
LOYALTY
Oliver (1999) 
LOY1: If I had to contract mobile services again, I would chose the same company
LOY2: I consider myself loyal to my mobile services company
LOY3: I will continue my subscription with my company

0.879

0.912

0.876

0.909

0.910

0.781

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