scholarly journals Responsible brands vs active brands? An examination of brand personality on brand awareness, brand trust, and brand loyalty

2017 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 166-179 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sebastian Molinillo ◽  
Arnold Japutra ◽  
Bang Nguyen ◽  
Cheng-Hao Steve Chen
Keyword(s):  
Brand Loyalty ◽  
Brand Personality ◽  
Consumer Preference ◽  
Brand Awareness ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Brand Trust ◽  
Personality Dimensions ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose There is a rise in interest on the topic of consumer-brand relationships (CBRs) among practitioners and academics. Consumers are said to build relationships with brands that have a personality congruent with their own. The purpose of this paper is to investigate two types of brand personality traits, namely, responsible brands and active brands to predict prominent CBR constructs, including brand awareness, brand trust, and brand loyalty. Design/methodology/approach This study was based on an electronic survey of 339 respondents. Structural equation modeling was used to analyze the data. Findings The results show that brand personality positively affects the three CBR constructs. Specifically, the focus is shifted to the two major personality dimensions, responsible and active, respectively. The results indicate that an active brand is a stronger predictor of brand awareness compared to a responsible brand. However, a responsible brand is a stronger predictor of brand trust as well as brand loyalty compared to an active brand. Surprisingly, the results display that active brands lower brand trust and brand loyalty. Practical implications This finding informs brand managers that projecting active brand personality leads to higher awareness. However, projecting more responsible brand leads to greater trust and loyalty. The study highlights that having one personality may not be sufficient to develop an enduring CBR, but a brand personality must “evolve” and progress as the relationship develops over time. Such dynamic brand personality may provide a more long-lasting brand strategy and a greater source of competitive advantage. Originality/value The present study contributes to the marketing literature in three different ways. First, this study adds to the body of knowledge on the relationship between brand personality and CBR constructs using the new measure of BPS. Second, this study assesses the individual level of the new BPS, particularly responsibility and activity, on the three CBR constructs, and in doing so, the study responds to previous studies’ calls to assess the individual capacity of the brand personality dimensions to get consumer preference or loyalty. Third, the study displays which ones of the two dimensions in the new BPS (i.e. responsible and active) may be better predictors to the three CBR constructs.

The effect of brand experiences on brand loyalty through perceived quality and brand trust: a study on sports consumers

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Halil Erdem Akoglu ◽  
Oğuz Özbek
Keyword(s):  
Brand Loyalty ◽  
Perceived Quality ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Brand Experience ◽  
Brand Trust ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Sports Industry ◽  
Brand Resonance ◽  
Positive Direct ◽  
The Relationship

PurposeAdopting the brand resonance approach, this research aimed to reveal the effect of emotional (perceived quality) and rational (brand trust) factors between brand experience and brand loyalty.Design/methodology/approachThis article uses the brand resonance model to examine the above-mentioned relationship. The sample of the study consisted of 385 sports consumers between the ages of 18 and 65 years. An online survey was used to collect data and surveys were delivered to sports consumers via social media. Using SmartPLS 3.0 software, a partial least squares structural equation modeling analysis was conducted in this study.FindingsThe results support the hypotheses and demonstrate the importance of quality and trust in building customer loyalty for companies in the sports industry. Brand experience has a positive direct effect on perceived quality, brand trust and brand loyalty. It has been revealed that there is an important intermediary role of perceived quality and brand trust that manages the relationship between customers' brand experience and brand loyalty.Practical implicationsThe findings of this study are essential for brands that want to develop and are included in the sports industry in the online shopping environment, which increases with the development of technology to create long-term loyalty in customers.Originality/valueIt reveals two mediating roles in the relationship between brand experience and brand loyalty, namely perceived quality and brand trust. These research results help to understand the processes of shaping the loyalty of sports consumers towards sports brands. Unlike previous studies, it examines this relationship in the sports industry by adding new mediator variables and contributes to the development of the model.

Connecting the dots between brand logo and brand image

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 68-87
Author(s):  
Harsandaldeep Kaur ◽  
Kanwalroop Kaur
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation ◽  
Brand Image ◽  
Brand Personality ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Personality Dimensions ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Brand Familiarity ◽  
Sphere Of Influence ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose Although the prominence of brand logo for companies is widely acknowledged, a close examination of the literature reveals lack of empirical research pertaining to effect of brand logo on consumer perception toward brand. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to fill the gap in marketing studies concerning the effect of a logo on consumer evaluations. The research addresses two questions: first, how brand logo favorability helps to increase brand image; and second, how brand logo form consumer perceptions toward brand through brand personality dimensions and brand familiarity? Design/methodology/approach The data were collected from 816 respondents using mall-intercept technique. Structural equation modeling via AMOS was conducted to test the proposed model to gain insight into the various relevant influences and relationships. Findings The findings revealed the importance of the company’s brand logo in enhancing the brand image. The results further highlighted that brand personality dimensions and brand familiarity mediate the relationship between brand logo and brand image. Practical implications The study offers managers a new perspective for building strong brand identity with the help of logos along with the brand personality dimensions and brand familiarity to enhance brand image. Originality/value This study provides novel insights on the impact of brand logo on brand image. This is the first study to determine the mediating role of brand personality in the relationship between brand logo and brand image. It thereby adds to the literature of visual identity by developing the sphere of influence of brand logo and its effects toward brands.

scholarly journals Peran kepercayaan merek sebagai variabel mediasi pada hubungan kepribadian merek halal dan loyalitas merek

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-54
Author(s):  
Mirza Putri Andita ◽  
Sulastri Sulastri ◽  
Zakaria Wahab
Keyword(s):  
Customer Loyalty ◽  
Brand Loyalty ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Sampling Method ◽  
Brand Personality ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Brand Trust ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Global Brands ◽  
The Relationship

Customer loyalty is currently becoming one of the crucial things for the company to survive in competitive markets. Globalization causes imported cosmetic products from global brands can enter other countries’ markets easily. Nowadays imported cosmetic brands from other countries such as USA, South Korea, and Japan come and take a huge of Indonesia’s skincare market share. This change becomes threat for local cosmetics brands in Indonesia such as Wardah. This study was conducted to analyzes whether halal brand personality affects brand loyalty. This study also analyzes whether brand trust can mediate the relationship between halal brand personality and brand loyalty. The sampling method used in the study is non-probability sampling with snowball technique. The data in this research were obtained by distributing an online questionnaire to 111 respondents who were Wardah’s face skincare consumers and had shopped at least twice in the last 1 year (January 2020-July 2021). The data of this study were analyzed using Structural Equation Modeling method with SmartPlS 3 software. The results of this study indicate that halal brand personality has positive and significant effect on brand loyalty, brand trust has positive and significant effect on brand loyalty, and brand trust successfully mediates the relationship between halal brand personality and brand loyalty. This study provides new insight which suggests marketers develop branding strategies in order to strengthen brand trust which leads to maintaining customer loyalty.

scholarly journals Linking Social Media Marketing Activities to Revisit Intention through Brand Trust and Brand Loyalty on the Coffee Shop Facebook Pages: Exploring Sequential Mediation Mechanism

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 2277
Author(s):  
Blend Ibrahim ◽  
Ahmad Aljarah ◽  
Dima Sawaftah
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Brand Loyalty ◽  
Social Media Marketing ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Brand Trust ◽  
Mediation Effects ◽  
Revisit Intention ◽  
Marketing Activities ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Coffee Shops

Social media marketing (SMM) is a new field that involves the marketing of goods, services, information, and ideas via online networks and social media. Drawing on the stimulus-organism-response framework, this study aims to examine how social-media-marketing activities (SMMA) affect brand loyalty, brand trust, and revisit intention (returning to the same place in the future) for coffee shops in Northern Cyprus. Empirical evidence was collected from 415 undergraduate students who follow specific coffee shops on Facebook, and a structural equation modeling approach was applied. The results showed a significant positive influence of SMMA on brand loyalty, brand trust, and revisit intention. The findings show that SMMA are a stronger predictor of revisit intention than brand loyalty and brand trust. Furthermore, brand loyalty and brand trust are significant mediators in the relationship between SMMA and revisit intention. Additionally, the sequential mediation effects of brand loyalty and brand trust in the relationship between SMMA and revisit intention are supported. Overall, with effective SMMA from coffee shops on Facebook, the customer grows confidence in the brand, which increases the level of brand loyalty. This, in turn, encourages revisit intention of the customer. As a result, brand executives on social media platforms (in this case, Facebook) should promote specific SMMA for their brands and engage in such activities to creates brand trust and brand loyalty. These findings contribute to the literature by examining the relationship between SMMA and revisit intention and exploring how SMMA affect revisit intention by adding brand loyalty and brand trust as mediators.

The effect of brand personality congruence, brand attachment and brand love on loyalty among HENRY's in the luxury branding sector

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Khyati Shetty ◽  
Jason R. Fitzsimmons
Keyword(s):  
Brand Loyalty ◽  
Brand Personality ◽  
Empirical Support ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Brand Attachment ◽  
Brand Love ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Luxury Branding ◽  
Brand Personality Congruence ◽  
The Impact

PurposeThe purpose of this research study is to empirically investigate a hypothesized theoretical framework that captures the impact of brand personality congruence, brand love and brand attachment on brand loyalty in the luxury branding sector.Design/methodology/approachEmpirical data were gathered from 416 millennial shoppers with incomes from US$100,000 and above (High-Earners-Not–Rich-Yet). Structural equation modeling was used to test the hypotheses of the framework developed for the study. Dubai is chosen as the context of the study based on the fact that the luxury brands sector is one of the leading industries in the country, and has a sizeable population of HENRY's.FindingsThe findings of this study revealed that brand personality congruence is a critical determinant of brand love and brand loyalty, suggesting congruence between the consumer's personality and the brand is essential to the luxury branding sector. The study also establishes a relationship between brand attachment and brand loyalty.Research limitations/implicationsThis study offers new empirical support for the proposition that consumers' emotional aspects like brand personality congruence and brand love are critical for enhancing brand loyalty toward luxury. The findings from this study can provide brand managers with a guide to managing their branding strategies and understand the strategic role of these variables on communication strategies for a new emerging segment of the HENRY's customer segment.Originality/valueThis study contributes to luxury branding and a new segment of millennials by examining the relationship between brand personality congruence, brand love, brand attachment and its effect on brand loyalty in the luxury branding context.

The individual side of ambidexterity

2019 ◽  
Vol 41 (3) ◽  
pp. 592-613 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrés Salas Vallina ◽  
Maria D. Moreno-Luzon ◽  
Anna Ferrer-Franco
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation ◽  
Public Hospitals ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Exploration And Exploitation ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Learning Capability ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Relationship

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is twofold: first, to examine whether inspirational leadership of heads of specialized medical units is related to individual ambidexterity of their dependent physicians; and second, to study the possible mediating role of organizational learning capability (OLC) in the relationship between inspirational leadership and individual ambidexterity.Design/methodology/approachStructural equation modeling was used on a sample of 194 medical specialists from Spanish public hospitals.FindingsResults show that inspirational leadership is positively related to individual ambidexterity among healthcare physicians. In addition, the results of the study revealed that the relationship between inspirational leadership and individual ambidexterity is mediated by conditions that facilitate learning, namely, OLC.Research limitations/implicationsThis study uses cross-sectional data, which do not guarantee causality relationships among the examined variables.Practical implicationsThe results of this paper suggest first that heads of healthcare units should inspire followers to achieve both exploration and exploitation. Second, it is also necessary to consider that inspirational leaders promote those conditions that facilitate learning, which should be particularly taken into account to enhance both physician’s exploration and exploitation.Originality/valueIn stressing an evident gap in the relationship between leadership and ambidexterity at the individual level, this paper attempts to advance in the leadership literature by revealing how the action or power of moving the intellect or emotions, and enhancing enthusiasm and confidence, empowers physicians to both explore and exploit knowledge. The results also indicate that the inspiration transmitted by the heads of medical services, facilitate physician’s perceived learning conditions which, in turn, fosters their individual ambidexterity.

The impact of brand personality on consumer behavior: the role of brand love

2019 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 30-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cristela Maia Bairrada ◽  
Arnaldo Coelho ◽  
Viktoriya Lizanets
Keyword(s):  
Consumer Behavior ◽  
Willingness To Pay ◽  
Brand Loyalty ◽  
Brand Personality ◽  
Negative Information ◽  
Active Engagement ◽  
Self Disclosure ◽  
Brand Love ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyze the influences of brand personality on consumer behavior, with a special emphasis on the brand love construct. The aim is to expand upon existing literature in the field of branding, investigating the relationship between brand love and brand personality through experiential approaches to consumer behavior. Design/methodology/approach The conceptual model and the analysis of related hypotheses were based on a sample of 478 Portuguese clothing brand consumers. The data were collected using an online survey and the data analysis was done using the structural equations modeling. Findings The results show that brand personality has a positive and significant impact on brand love, resistance to negative information and self-disclosure and brand love has a positive and significant impact on brand loyalty, word-of-mouth, resistance to negative information, willingness to pay more, self-disclosure and active engagement. Research limitations/implications This study has some methodological limitation affecting its potential contributions. This investigation has a cross-sectional nature and only tested a few variables as consequences of brand personality. Practical implications This investigation provides evidence of the major impacts of both brand personality and brand love, showing how they combine to boost relevant outcomes like brand loyalty, WOW, willingness to pay more, resistance to negative information, self-disclosure or active engagement. Originality/value The originality of this research is related to three fundamental aspects: it is the first time the relationship between brand personality and brand love is tested using second-order modeling to capture the combined effects of all dimensions of brand personality; the influence of brand personality is usually related to attitudes (e.g. word-of-mouth, willingness to pay more, etc.) and not with feelings, such as love, the most powerful feeling that can be established between two people or between a person and a brand (in the case of brand love); and the authors tested brand love by linking brand personality and some traditional relational outcomes under the assumption that brand love can strengthen such relationships.

The mediating impact of customer satisfaction in relation of brand equity and brand loyalty

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 62-87 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sonia Kataria ◽  
Vinod Saini
Keyword(s):  
Customer Satisfaction ◽  
Brand Equity ◽  
Brand Loyalty ◽  
Oral Care ◽  
Perceived Value ◽  
Perceived Quality ◽  
Brand Trust ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the inter-relationship of dimensions for consumer-based brand equity and brand loyalty with customer satisfaction as a mediator for oral care segment with special reference to Delhi and connecting areas. Design/methodology/approach For achieving the objective of this study, the theoretical model was tested through structural equation modelling. Research scales from the literature were modified for suitability. Data were collected from 250 respondents. Findings The results indicate that for the oral care segment, customer satisfaction is significantly related to the perceived quality, brand trust, perceived value of cost and lifestyle congruence. Moreover, customer satisfaction partially mediates the relationship of perceived quality and perceived value of cost with brand loyalty, whereas it fully mediates the relationship of lifestyle congruence and brand trust with brand loyalty. Thus, even for low-involvement products, consumer purchases are based on the attributes of the brand rather than being merely habitual. Originality/value The literature supports the direct influence of brand equity on brand loyalty. However, no other study has investigated the mediating role of customer satisfaction on the relationship between brand equity and brand loyalty for low-involvement products.

scholarly journals The Relationship between Brand Club Personalities, Trust and Brand Loyalty in Fans of Persepolis FC

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 187
Author(s):  
Hamid Roudbari ◽  
Alireza Elahi ◽  
Hossein Akbari Yazdi
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation Modeling ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Brand Personality ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Brand Trust ◽  
Behavioral Loyalty ◽  
Attitudinal Loyalty ◽  
Sports Clubs ◽  
Statistical Sample ◽  
The Relationship

<p>Fan loyalty is imperative for sports clubs. In fact, fans have more trust in their favorite team will remain loyal to the team. Team managers and sports clubs must win the trust of their fans. Club brand personality is one of the variables that can be used to enhance the trust of the fans. Due to this issue, in this study, the relationship between club brand personality, trust and loyalty of fans have been investigated. The population of this research consists of Persepolis FC fans and 384 persons were evaluated as the statistical sample. To collect the data, the brand personality questionnaire by Tsiotso (2012), the modified questionnaire by Chowdhury and Holbrook (2001), the attitudinal loyalty questionnaire by Gladden and Funk (2003) and the behavioral loyalty questionnaire by Fink et al. (2001) were used. Descriptive and inferential statistics (regression coefficient and Structural Equation Modeling) were used for statistical analysis. The results of structural equation modeling revealed that club brand personality influences on brand trust and it influences behavioral and attitudinal loyalty of the fans. The managers of Persepolis FC can use a brand trust to increase the loyalty of their fans and implement brand personality to gain their trust.</p>

The influence of brand experience on satisfaction, uncertainty and brand loyalty: a focus on the golf club industry

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mi Ryoung Chung ◽  
Jon Welty Peachey
Keyword(s):  
Brand Loyalty ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Sport Marketing ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Golf Club ◽  
Brand Experience ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Brand Differentiation ◽  
Golf Industry ◽  
The Relationship

PurposeUnderstanding the advantages of brand experience is important for brand managers to more effectively grow satisfied and loyal customers. To date, little research has examined the relationship between brand experience and customer satisfaction, uncertainty, and brand loyalty with sport products. Therefore, this study examined these relationships with golf club products in the golf industry.Design/methodology/approachData were collected from golf players in South Korea (n = 386) through online surveys. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was utilized to examine the relationship between the variables.FindingsThe results revealed that brand experience influences golfers' uncertainty toward other brands. In other words, doubts about the brand will decrease when consumers experience sensory, affective, behavioral, and intellectual interactions with a brand. Interestingly, brand experience does not influence golfers' satisfaction as indicated by previous studies. Also, findings showed that just having experience with a brand does not lead to golfers' loyalty.Originality/valueThis study helps to understand how consumers' direct experiences influence brand beliefs and attitudes. Moreover, this study is significant for sport marketing practitioners since it explores an alternative marketing approach to brand differentiation, which has the potential to attract and retain more customers.

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