Table 4. Reliability and convergent validity: Comparison of the initial and final structural models.
Number of items | Cronbach's Alpha | Average Variance Extracted (AVE) | Composite Reliability | |||||
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Constructs | Initial Model |
Final Model |
Initial Model |
Final Model |
Initial Model |
Final Model |
Initial Model |
Final Model |
MC | 9 | 8 | 0.791 | 0.894 | 0.500 | 0.624 | 0.860 | 0.907 |
EPA | 7 | 5 | 0.761 | 0.774 | 0.412 | 0.646 | 0.829 | 0.844 |
CSS | 6 | 5 | 0.722 | 0.884 | 0.530 | 0.657 | 0.822 | 0.898 |
WP | 7 | 5 | 0.729 | 0.841 | 0.460 | 0.611 | 0.814 | 0.884 |
SMS | 15 | 14 | 0.925 | 0.954 | 0.491 | 0.623 | 0.915 | 0.936 |
VB | 5 | 5 | 0.888 | 0.897 | 0.693 | 0.694 | 0.908 | 0.925 |
PSM | 4 | 2 | 0.180 | 0.853 | 0.563 | 0.872 | 0.050 | 0.927 |
PEB | 5 | 2 | 0.070 | 0.742 | 0.436 | 0.766 | 0.003 | 0.881 |