Table 5.

Definition of each factor.

Factor	Definition
Experiential distance	Employees’ perceptions regarding an organization’s future based on their assessment of an existing experience or trend
Behavioral distance	Employees’ perceptions regarding their affinity for an organization, which represents “beneficial to the organization” behavior
Emotional distance	Employees’ emotional perceptions regarding their correspondence or interactions with the organization.
Cognitive distance	Employees’ perceptions regarding their affinity for an organization regarding value orientation and personality consistency
Spatial-temporal distance	Employees’ perceptions regarding their affinity for an organization in space and time dimensions based on their level of involvement and understanding
Objective social distance	Employees’ perceptions regarding their affinity for an organization emerging from a similarity to population-based attributive characteristics