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Document Type

Master's Dissertation

Author

Carter, Liam Leslie

URN

etd-06242012-130632

Document Title

Investigating the relationship between corporate brand personality and employee brand commitment

Degree

MBA

Department

Gordon Institute of Business Science

Supervisor

Advisor Name	Title
Ms N Kleyn	Supervisor

Keywords

corporate personality
employee brand commitment
brand engagement

Date

2012-03-08

Availability

unrestricted

Abstract

Corporate brands in today’s business landscape are complex and multifaceted, with employees playing a critical role in the building of those brands. As employee brand commitment forms an important part of building a corporate brand, it would be beneficial to understand the drivers of employee brand commitment in order to better understand the corporate brand. One of the main aspects of employee brand commitment is the personality of the corporate employer brand.
This research aims to determine the relationship between corporate brand personality and employee brand commitment.
By utilising the Corporate Brand Personality Scale and employee brand commitment measures, a quantitative survey was administered to 250 members of an online research panel.
Exploratory factor analysis was used to determine the most common elements of the Corporate Brand Personality Scale. Thereafter, regression analysis was performed to determine the role of brand personality in predicting an employee’s commitment to their corporate brand.
The results of this study show that factors of corporate brand personality have a significant influence on employee brand commitment. Further discussion into factor analysis shows that progressive and steadfast personality traits have a significantly positive effect on employee brand commitment, whilst supercilious personality traits have a negative effect on employee brand commitment.

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Please cite as follows:
Carter, LL 2011, Investigating the relationship between corporate brand personality and employee brand commitment, MBA dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-06242012-130632/ >
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