B2B service brand identity: scale development and validation
Coleman, D. and de Chernatony, L. and Christodoulides, George (2011) B2B service brand identity: scale development and validation. Industrial Marketing Management 40 (7), pp. 1063-1071. ISSN 0019-8501.
Abstract
Several brand identity frameworks have been published in the B2C and the B2B brand marketing literature. A reliable, valid and parsimonious service brand identity scale that empirically establishes the construct's dimensionality in a B2B market has yet to be developed. This paper reports the findings of a study conducted amongst 421 senior executives working in the UK IT Service sector to develop and validate a B2B Service Brand Identity Scale. Following established scale development procedures support is provided for a B2B Service Brand Identity Scale comprising five dimensions; employee and client focus, visual identity, brand personality, consistent communications and human resource initiatives. Concluding remarks discuss theoretical and managerial implications with limitations and directions for future research.
Metadata
Item Type: | Article |
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Keyword(s) / Subject(s): | brand, brand identity, B2B service brand, structural equation modeling, scale development |
School: | Birkbeck Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Business and Law > Birkbeck Business School |
Depositing User: | Sarah Hall |
Date Deposited: | 09 Sep 2014 13:14 |
Last Modified: | 02 Aug 2023 17:12 |
URI: | https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/10467 |
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