4.1. ParticipantsWe conducted a survey among 3531 participants (42% female)consisting of both customers and non-customers, all residing in TheNetherlands. The age distribution of our sample was <25 years: 9%,25e35: 14%, 36e45: 20%, 46e55: 24% and >55: 33%. To be classifiedas “customer” in this study, a participant must have used the ser-vices (for private or business use) of KLM in the two years beforethe start of the study. With this definition, 1912 participants (54% ofN) were classified as “customer”. In order to ensure that we hadenough customers in the sample and a variety in social media usageand online engagement in the company's social media activities, wedetermined the sample size and composition in advance. The par-ticipants were selected in four different ways, which resulted infour subsamples. In all these subsamples, there were KLM cus-tomers based on the customer criterion described above. To be ableto test our research hypotheses H3 and H4, the total sample wascategorized as customers or non-customers (54% versus 46% of N).After data collection, we did not exclude any of the participants.The goal of the first and largest subsample was to provide uswith a general and representative picture of the (adult) Dutchpopulation. This sample was provided by the Dutch marketresearch firm Motivaction, which administers an online panel of20,000 members, representative for the adult Dutch population.The members of this panel regularly participate in market researchon a voluntary basis, often on behalf of companies. The participantsfrom this subsample were rewarded for taking part in this survey,as a regular agreement of their membership of the panel. A total of6650 members from the panel were invited by e-mail and, with ahyperlink, directed to the online questionnaire. This led to aresponse of 31% (n 1⁄4 2077; 59% of total N), of which 538 partici-pants (26% of this subsample) were classified as “customer” basedon the criterion described above.
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