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Attitude Toward the Company's Communications Scale

ATCCA consumer's perception of corporate communications from a specific company as informative, frequent, and believable
3 items 2013 α alpha = .845 (Swoboda, Berg, & Schramm-Klein, 2013; Study 1, N=5,600, 30 cities); AVE = .650 Free Swoboda, B., Berg, B., & Schramm-Klein, H.

What it measures

A three-item, seven-point Likert-type scale measuring a consumer's perception of the quality and reach of communications from a specific company. Items assess whether communications are informative about company matters, visible through frequent exposure, and believable. Developed by adapting item phrases from Kelly & Stephenson (1967) for a large cross-sectional study of 5,600 consumers across 30 German cities in which a focal retail chain operated. The scale was used as one component of a broader structural model examining reciprocal effects between corporate reputation and store equity. While developed in a retail context, the item phrasing is broad enough to apply to corporate communications of a PR or advertising nature more generally.

Citation

Swoboda, B., Berg, B., & Schramm-Klein, H. (2013). Reciprocal effects of the corporate reputation and store equity of retailers. Journal of Retailing, 89(4), 447-459.

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