Reliability and convergent validity
| Constructs and items (α. CR. AVE) | SL | t-value | Bootstrap analysis | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SE bias | Lower | Upper | p | ||||
| Attention (0.896. 0.902. 0.756) | |||||||
| I like to learn more about X | 0.786 | 15.161 | *** | 0.001 | 0.717 | 0.851 | 0.004 |
| I pay a lot of attention to anything about X | 0.926 | 19.622 | *** | 0.002 | 0.883 | 0.955 | 0.009 |
| Anything related to X grabs my attention | 0.890 | 18.395 | *** | 0.001 | 0.829 | 0.934 | 0.007 |
| Enthusiasm (0.909. 0.911. 0.774) | |||||||
| I am passionate about airline X | 0.910 | 19.069 | *** | 0.000 | 0.862 | 0.949 | 0.005 |
| My flights would not be the same without airline X | 0.813 | 15.969 | *** | −0.002 | 0.729 | 0.877 | 0.004 |
| I love X | 0.912 | 19.121 | *** | −0.001 | 0.872 | 0.954 | 0.003 |
| Offline Loyalty (0.932. 0.937. 0.833) | |||||||
| I would make positive comments about X face-to-face to other people | 0.946 | 20.645 | *** | 0.000 | 0.922 | 0.966 | 0.005 |
| I would recommend X to others seeking my advice | 0.946 | 20.643 | *** | −0.001 | 0.920 | 0.967 | 0.004 |
| I encourage my friends and family to choose X for their flights | 0.842 | 17.011 | *** | 0.000 | 0.797 | 0.883 | 0.005 |
| Social media Loyalty (0.890. 0.889. 0.728) | |||||||
| I would comment positively on social media about X | 0.884 | 18.009 | *** | −0.001 | 0.806 | 0.932 | 0.007 |
| I would recommend following the social networks of X | 0.884 | 17.988 | *** | −0.001 | 0.812 | 0.938 | 0.005 |
| I encourage my friends and family to follow X on social media | 0.789 | 15.123 | *** | 0.000 | 0.701 | 0.861 | 0.005 |
| Constructs and items (α. CR. AVE) | SL | Bootstrap analysis | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SE bias | Lower | Upper | |||||
| I like to learn more about X | 0.786 | 15.161 | *** | 0.001 | 0.717 | 0.851 | 0.004 |
| I pay a lot of attention to anything about X | 0.926 | 19.622 | *** | 0.002 | 0.883 | 0.955 | 0.009 |
| Anything related to X grabs my attention | 0.890 | 18.395 | *** | 0.001 | 0.829 | 0.934 | 0.007 |
| I am passionate about airline X | 0.910 | 19.069 | *** | 0.000 | 0.862 | 0.949 | 0.005 |
| My flights would not be the same without airline X | 0.813 | 15.969 | *** | −0.002 | 0.729 | 0.877 | 0.004 |
| I love X | 0.912 | 19.121 | *** | −0.001 | 0.872 | 0.954 | 0.003 |
| I would make positive comments about X face-to-face to other people | 0.946 | 20.645 | *** | 0.000 | 0.922 | 0.966 | 0.005 |
| I would recommend X to others seeking my advice | 0.946 | 20.643 | *** | −0.001 | 0.920 | 0.967 | 0.004 |
| I encourage my friends and family to choose X for their flights | 0.842 | 17.011 | *** | 0.000 | 0.797 | 0.883 | 0.005 |
| I would comment positively on social media about X | 0.884 | 18.009 | *** | −0.001 | 0.806 | 0.932 | 0.007 |
| I would recommend following the social networks of X | 0.884 | 17.988 | *** | −0.001 | 0.812 | 0.938 | 0.005 |
| I encourage my friends and family to follow X on social media | 0.789 | 15.123 | *** | 0.000 | 0.701 | 0.861 | 0.005 |
Note(s): S-B2 (48df) = 168.035 (p < 0.05); normed fit index (NFI) = 0.945; comparative fit index (CFI) = 0.966; root mean square error of approximation (RMSEA) = 0.096; SL = Standardised Loadings; SE = Standard error
***p < 0.001; α: Cronbach’s Alpha coefficient; CR: composite reliability; AVE: average variance extracted; SL: standardised loadings
Source(s): Table by the authors
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