Table 3 Constructs, indicators, and loadings.

From: Relationships between financial transparency, trust, and performance: an examination of donors’ perceptions

Constructs and corresponding indicators

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Perception of financial transparency

 It is important to be able to get any financial statement information you want from a not-for-profit organisation.

0.797

 The public, in general, has a right to know about everything a not-for-profit organisation does.

0.824

 Every member of the public should have complete access to information about not-for-profit organisations.

0.814

 Not-for-profit records belong to the public in general, not the not-for-profit organisation.

0.701

 Financial transparency is key to fighting fraud by not-for-profit organisations.

0.726

Trust

 I believe the financial information provided by not-for-profit organisations.

0.814

 Not-for-profit organisations do not make false claims.

0.83

 I trust not-for-profit organisations to be frank.

0.826

Perceived performance

 Financial information which provides assurance that the not-for-profit organisation is effective in achieving the results intended

0.792

 Financial information which shows that the not-for-profit organisation spends on its agreed objectives

0.797

 Financial disclosures which show the net surplus/loss of the not-for-profit organisation (revenue minus loss)

0.827

 Financial statement information which has been prepared following accounting standards designed and dedicated to not-for-profit organisations

0.838

 Financial information about spending as a percentage of income by the not-for-profit

0.831

 Financial information about the cash in minus cash out of the not-for-profit organisation

0.791

 Not-for-profit financial statement information which has been prepared in accordance with accounting standards used in the for-profit sector

0.794