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Table 1 Reliability and validity measurement (reflective)

From: Management practices and performance of mergers and acquisitions in Pakistan: mediating role of psychological contract

Constructs	Items	LV	CR	α	AVE	SQRT (AVE) > Corr²
Communication System	CS-1	0.662	0.865	0.789	0.617	0.79 > 0.68
	CS-2	0.850
	CS-3	0.812
	CS-4	0.804
Coping Programs	CP-1	0.775	0.898	0.859	0.639	0.80 > 0.69
	CP-2	0.835
	CP-3	0.836
	CP-4	0.834
	CP-5	0.709
Coordination Approach	CA-1	0.833	0.886	0.806	0.721	0.85 > 0.83
	CA-2	0.865
	CA-3	0.849
Integration Strategy	IS-1	0.833	0.902	0.864	0.650	0.81 > 0.79
	IS-2	0.814
	IS-3	0.868
	IS-4	0.700
	IS-5	0.807
Procedural Justice	PJ-1	0.897	0.893	0.819	0.736	0.86 > 0.82
	PJ-2	0.795
	PJ-3	0.878
Psychological Contract	PC-1	0.834	0.923	0.896	0.706	0.84 > 0.81
	PC-2	0.825
	PC-3	0.820
	PC-4	0.872
	PC-5	0.851
Financial Performance	FP-1	0.850	0.931	0.908	0.736	0.86 > 0.84
	FP-2	0.859
	FP-3	0.864
	FP-4	0.870
	FP-5	0.831
Non-Financial Performance	NFP-1	0.728	0.932	0.908	0.734	0.86 > 0.77
	NFP-2	0.892
	NFP-3	0.891
	NFP-4	0.894
	NFP-5	0.865

All loadings are significant at 0.050 level (2-tailed)
α = Cronbach’s alpha
LV loading values,CR composite reliability, AVE average variance extracted, Corr2 highest squared correlation between constructs

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