Understanding the relational benefits private club members seek and experience is important to both club managers and researchers. However, there is limited research of such benefits in the hospitality literature. To address this gap, this study operationalizes a multidimensional scale reflective of the relational benefits private club members experience as a result of their relationship with their club. A sample of private club members from an athletics club and a beach club is used to operationalize the scale. Additionally, as a methodological contribution, this study implements a factor analytical approach that emphasizes the use of Bayesian estimation and the consideration of multiple model specifications that relax the local independence and simple structure assumptions associated with general factor analysis approaches. This contribution is suggested as best practice for all researchers using factor analysis for multidimensional construct operationalization.

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衡量私人俱乐部会员资格的关系效益：因素分析评估


了解私人俱乐部成员寻求和体验的关系利益对俱乐部经理和研究人员都很重要。然而，酒店文献中关于此类好处的研究有限。为了解决这一差距，本研究实施了一个多维尺度，反映了私人俱乐部成员因与俱乐部的关系而体验到的关系利益。使用来自田径俱乐部和海滩俱乐部的私人俱乐部成员样本来操作量表。此外，作为方法论上的贡献，本研究实施了一种因子分析方法，该方法强调使用贝叶斯估计并考虑多个模型规范，这些规范放宽了与一般因子分析方法相关的局部独立性和简单结构假设。对于所有使用因子分析进行多维构建操作化的研究人员，建议将这一贡献作为最佳实践。