Exploring internal stakeholders’ emotional attachment & corporate brand perceptions through corporate storytelling for branding
The goal of this article was to explore internal stakeholders’ emotional attachment and corporate brand perceptions through corporate storytelling for branding. Due to the nature of the research questions, the research was purely qualitative in nature. A total of fifty four (54) in-depth semi-str...
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| Language: | English |
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Cogent OA
2021
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| Online Access: | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23311975.2020.1816254 http://hdl.handle.net/11408/4327 |
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| Summary: | The goal of this article was to explore internal stakeholders’ emotional
attachment and corporate brand perceptions through corporate storytelling for
branding. Due to the nature of the research questions, the research was purely
qualitative in nature. A total of fifty four (54) in-depth semi-structured interviews
were conducted from 2019 to 2020. These constituted the bedrock of qualitative
data analysis for the study. An interpretivist research paradigm, anchored on subjectivist ontology, were both applied as research philosophy pillars. This was done by the researchers in order to get deeper understanding of corporate stories for branding in the six (6) selected listed company. Purposive sampling was used to select respondents from three (3) levels of authority, thus operational, tactical and strategic level. The mutual connection on variables of corporate stories for branding and Impression Management theory elements depicted that these are related to internal stakeholder’s corporate brand perceptions. The research results showed |
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