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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Main Authors: Nyagadza, Brighton, Makasi, Africa, Kadembo, Ernest M.
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Language:English
Published: 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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description 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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spelling ir-11408-43272022-06-27T13:49:06Z Exploring internal stakeholders’ emotional attachment & corporate brand perceptions through corporate storytelling for branding Nyagadza, Brighton Makasi, Africa Kadembo, Ernest M. emotional attachment listed companies corporate storytelling for branding internal stakeholders perceptions Zimbabwe 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 2021-06-02T13:17:45Z 2021-06-02T13:17:45Z 2020 Article 2331-1975 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23311975.2020.1816254 http://hdl.handle.net/11408/4327 en Cogent Business & Management;Vol.7 ; No.1 open Cogent OA
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title Exploring internal stakeholders’ emotional attachment & corporate brand perceptions through corporate storytelling for branding
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title_short Exploring internal stakeholders’ emotional attachment & corporate brand perceptions through corporate storytelling for branding
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url https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23311975.2020.1816254
http://hdl.handle.net/11408/4327
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