Empowerment (Customer with the Company)

Customer Empowerment by the Company
3 items 2023 α 0.93–0.97 (Study 2, Study 3 pretest) Free Septianto, F., Mathmann, F., Hollebeek, L.D., & Higgins, E.T.

What it measures

This scale measures how much a customer feels empowered, confident, and capable as a result of a particular company. Septianto et al. (2023) used it in Study 2 and a Study 3 pretest of their research on social media advertising and female consumer empowerment, creating the scale by drawing key words from existing empowerment-advertising measures.

Response format

7-point scale (1=not at all, 7=very much)

Scale items

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Usage notes & scoring

Alphas were .93 (Study 2) and .97 (Study 3 pretest) (Septianto et al. 2023, pp. 696, 698). Validity was not separately discussed. The scale stem was not stated explicitly and is inferred from the article's description ('The company made me feel...').

Citation

Septianto, Felix, Frank Mathmann, Linda D. Hollebeek, and E. Tory Higgins (2023), "Leveraging Social Media Advertising to Foster Female Consumers’ Empowerment and Engagement: The Role of Regulatory Mode," Journal of Advertising, 52 (5), 688-705.

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Keywords

#customerempowerment#socialmediaadvertising#femaleconsumers#regulatorymode
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