Negative word-of-mouth and applicant attraction: The role of employer brand equity

2020 ◽  
Vol 118 ◽  
pp. 103368 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara Stockman ◽  
Greet Van Hoye ◽  
Serge da Motta Veiga
Keyword(s):  
Brand Equity ◽  
Word Of Mouth ◽  
Negative Word ◽  
Applicant Attraction ◽  
Employer Brand

EXPRESS: Religious Belief, Religious Priming, and Negative Word-of-Mouth in Everyday Service Failure Encounters

2021 ◽  
pp. 002224372110111
Author(s):  
Riza Casidy ◽  
Adam Duhachek ◽  
Vishal Singh ◽  
Ali Tamaddoni
Keyword(s):  
Social Exchange ◽  
Religious Belief ◽  
Word Of Mouth ◽  
Service Failure ◽  
Online Reviews ◽  
Negative Word ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Fairness Norms ◽  
Strategic Variable

This research examines the effects of religious belief and religious priming on negative word-of-mouth (NWOM) behavior. Drawing on social exchange and norm paradigms, we theorize and find evidence of the unique effects of religious belief and religious priming on NWOM in everyday service failure encounters. Specifically, we find that religious belief is associated with higher NWOM, driven by a greater sensitivity to violations of fairness norms, which in turn reduces forgiveness. However, exposure to religious priming attenuates NWOM among more religious consumers by reducing sensitivity to violations of fairness norms, which in turn enhances forgiveness. A field study involving over 1.2 million online reviews of actual restaurant experiences, in addition to four lab studies, provides support for our theorized effects. Our study sheds light on the religion–forgiveness discrepancy by establishing the mediating role of sensitivity to fairness violations on the relationship between religion and forgiveness in the NWOM context. Further, our results demonstrate the importance of religion as a strategic variable in the management of service failure experiences, providing theoretical implications for the literature on the effects of religion on consumer behavior.

Exploring lack of closure as a brand transgression

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacqueline Burgess ◽  
Christian Jones
Keyword(s):  
Brand Equity ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Word Of Mouth ◽  
Brand Management ◽  
Negative Word ◽  
Television Series ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Brand Transgression ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose This study aims to contribute to research into narrative brands by investigating if the lack of closure in the ambiguous season two’s ending of the Australian television series, Wanted, constituted a brand transgression. Design/methodology/approach Comments on posts about Wanted from social media accounts associated with the series were downloaded and analysed using thematic analysis informed by non-participatory netnography. Findings Audiences found the ambiguous ending of Wanted season two disappointing and it did not fulfil implied promises and their expectations, which fits the description of a brand transgression, and so they engaged in behaviours indicative of a brand transgression such as spreading negative word of mouth online. The ambiguous ending could have been a cliff-hanger to lead into a third season that was not guaranteed when the final episode aired, or the ending for the entire series. Although a third season was eventually made and positively received by audiences, viewer numbers declined by nearly a third, illustrating the importance of brand management for narrative brands. Practical implications This research has implications for the creators of television series, particularly if they do not know if it will be renewed. Not providing audiences with their expected closure can constitute a brand transgression and damage the narrative brand’s residual brand equity and potential earnings from streaming or a revival at a later date. Originality/value Prior research has focused on audiences’ responses to definitive endings, rather than ambiguous endings, which is the focus of this research. Furthermore, narrative brands are still an under-researched context.

The role of employer brand equity in employee attraction and retention: a unified framework

2017 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 413-431 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sultan Alshathry ◽  
Marilyn Clarke ◽  
Steve Goodman
Keyword(s):  
Brand Equity ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Unified Framework ◽  
Employer Branding ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Interactive Nature ◽  
Employee Attraction ◽  
Employer Brand ◽  
Attraction And Retention

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present a conceptual framework for employer brand equity (EBE) that combines both perspectives of employer brand customers into a unified framework for employee attraction and retention. Design/methodology/approach This paper extends previous conceptual work on EBE by identifying the role of EBE antecedents in internal and external employer branding. In addition, it recognizes the interactive nature of employer-employee relationship. Findings The framework incorporates employee experience with the employer, which relates to the interaction between employee and employer and recognizes the internal and external perspectives simultaneously. Further, the unified framework helps to develop a four-cell typology for the strategic management of an employer brand. Originality/value Existing research has failed to integrate the two perspectives of employment customers in a clear model and, thus, offered limited applicability to an employment setting. The EBE framework goes beyond existing models by providing a conceptualization that aims to reflect the employer-brand relationship from the perspective of existing and potential employees. Further, it provides theoretical and empirical rationale for a set of propositions that can empirically be examined in future research.

scholarly journals Exploring the Role of Culture in Determining Boycotting Behaviour after a Negative Word of Mouth

2016 ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Amira Trabelsi-Zoghlami ◽  
Karim Ben Yahia ◽  
Soukeina Touiti ◽  
Mourad Touzani
Keyword(s):  
Word Of Mouth ◽  
Negative Word

Effect of Social Media Marketing and eWOM on Willingness to Pay in the Etailing: Mediating Role of Brand Equity and Brand Identity

2021 ◽  
pp. 227853372110249
Author(s):  
Milad Farzin ◽  
Marzie Sadeghi ◽  
Majid Fattahi ◽  
Mohammad Reza Eghbal
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Willingness To Pay ◽  
Brand Equity ◽  
Word Of Mouth ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Brand Identity ◽  
Social Media Marketing ◽  
Electronic Word Of Mouth ◽  
Mediating Role

The spread of social media has created a new era for companies and brands and forcing them to explore new interactive ways to achieve and engage their consumers. The main purpose of the present study is to investigate the impact of social media marketing and electronic word-of-mouth on consumers' willingness to pay a premium due to the mediating role of brand equity and brand identity. The data were collected through a survey by simple random sampling method. Questionnaires were distributed among people who had experience in buying leather products from social networks. Structural equation modeling technique was applied to test the research hypotheses. The results exposed the process that transforms social media marketing and electronic word-of-mouth to the willingness to pay a premium. Moreover, the findings showed that electronic word-of-mouth can indirectly affect consumer behavioral responses through brand equity and brand identity and also have a direct impact on consumer decisions such as willingness to pay a premium. The study has important implications for both theory and practice. This insight could be utilized by marketers and advertisers in the formulation and implementation of effective and coherent marketing and advertising strategies.

Determining the Motives and Behaviors of Brand Hate

2021 ◽  
pp. 474-498
Author(s):  
Reyhan Günaydin ◽  
Emel Yıldız
Keyword(s):  
Brand Equity ◽  
Experiential Avoidance ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Word Of Mouth ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Negative Word ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Brand Switching ◽  
Positive Effect ◽  
Brand Hate

The aim of this study is to determine the effects of experiential avoidance, moral avoidance, and identity avoidance on brand hate. In addition, this study of brand hate, brand revenge, brand switching intention, electronic negative word of mouth marketing and its effects on brand equity have been tested. The data in this study were obtained from a face-to-face survey with 394 consumers. Cronbach alpha coefficient analysis was used for the reliability of the scales. Factor analysis was used for the validity of the scales. The hypotheses in the study were tested by structural equation analysis. According to the results of the study; ıt was concluded that there is a positive effect of experiential avoidance, identity avoidance, and moral avoidance on brand hate. Also, brand hate has a positive effect on revenge, electronic negative word of mouth marketing, brand switching intention. In addition, brand hate has been found to have a negative impact on the overall brand equity.

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