Table 2.
Measurement items and the reliability and validity of variables.
| Variable | Dimension | Item | EFA factor loading | CFA factor loading | Total variance explained | CR | Cronbach’s α |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COVID-19 pandemic event’s strength (KMO = 0.871) | Novelty | There is a clear, known way for our company to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic event® | 0.898 | 0.904 | 30.222% | 0.926 | 0.924 |
| There is an understandable sequence of steps that can be followed in responding for our company to the COVID-19 pandemic event® | 0.920 | 0.937 | |||||
| Our company can rely on established procedures and practices in responding to The COVID-19 pandemic event® | 0.887 | 0.830 | |||||
| our company had rules, procedures, or guidelines to follow when the COVID-19 pandemic event occurred® | 0.842 | 0.803 | |||||
| Criticality | The COVID-19 pandemic event is critical for the long-term success of our company’s innovation and development | 0.689 | 0.779 | 58.444% | 0.877 | 0.872 | |
| The COVID-19 pandemic event is of a priority to our company’s innovation and development | 0.850 | 0.835 | |||||
| COVID-19 pandemic is an important event for our company’s innovation and development | 0.775 | 0.900 | |||||
| Disruption | The COVID-19 pandemic event disrupts our company’s value creation and acquisition ability to get its work done | 0.766 | 0.793 | 78.768 | 0.886 | 0.883 | |
| The COVID-19 pandemic event causes our company to stop and think about how to respond | 0.803 | 0.813 | |||||
| The COVID-19 pandemic event alters our company’s normal way of responding | 0.856 | 0.861 | |||||
| The COVID-19 pandemic event requires our company to change the way it does its work | 0.827 | 0.779 | |||||
| ETP(KMO = 0.768) | The COVID-19 pandemic event causes the economic downturn that would negatively impact our organization | 0.822 | 0.772 | 59.525% | 0.827 | 0.823 | |
| Affected by COVID-19 event, our organization would lose (part) sales or revenue | 0.765 | 0.783 | |||||
| Affected by COVID-19 event, there would be layoffs at our organization | 0.694 | 0.541 | |||||
| Affected by COVID-19 event, our organization would lose business to a competitor | 0.731 | 0.579 | |||||
| The COVID-19 pandemic event causes an industry downturn that would negatively impact our organization | 0.837 | 0.798 | |||||
| EA (KMO = 0.753) | Anxious | 0.933 | 0.910 | 89.563% | 0.942 | 0.941 | |
| Nervous | 0.962 | 0.964 | |||||
| Worried | 0.944 | 0.882 | |||||
®Refers to the reverse question.