Brand Resonance Behavior among Online Brand Community

   Brand commitment studies had gained considerable attention in today's marketing practices. Sustaining the brand competitive advantages become challenging especially in the context of digital marketing.  Development of Web 2.0 that enables interactive communication had offered a new mechani...

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Main Authors: Hasnizam Shaari, Intan Shafinaz Ahmad
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: EconJournals 2017-01-01
Series:International Review of Management and Marketing
Online Access:https://econjournals.com/index.php/irmm/article/view/3455
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description    Brand commitment studies had gained considerable attention in today's marketing practices. Sustaining the brand competitive advantages become challenging especially in the context of digital marketing.  Development of Web 2.0 that enables interactive communication had offered a new mechanism for owner of the brand to strengthen the bond among their admirers and users via online brand community. Attitude and behavior of online brand community members can be crucial to overall brand competitive advantage.  This is because brand image and reputation can be praised or tarnished just by one click from the members. Hence, owner of the brand should understand how online brand community commitment could affect overall brand performance. This study attempts to examine how brand trust and brand community commitment among online brand community will affect their brand resonance behavior namely brand referral and intention to purchase new product of the brand in the future. The study among 167 members of online brand community indicate that brand trust and brand community commitment play a significant roles in determining brand community behavior such as brand referral and intention to purchase new product.  Discussion and recommendation for future research direction also were discussed in this article.   Keywords:  Online Brand Community, Brand Resonance Behavior, Brand Loyalty JEL Classifications: M31, M37
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spelling doaj.art-5c7a50bdf0a84692806f70945d9c25b92023-02-15T16:20:07ZengEconJournalsInternational Review of Management and Marketing2146-44052017-01-0171Brand Resonance Behavior among Online Brand CommunityHasnizam Shaari0Intan Shafinaz Ahmad1School of Business Management, Universiti Utara MalaysiaSchool of Business Management, Universiti Utara Malaysia    Brand commitment studies had gained considerable attention in today's marketing practices. Sustaining the brand competitive advantages become challenging especially in the context of digital marketing.  Development of Web 2.0 that enables interactive communication had offered a new mechanism for owner of the brand to strengthen the bond among their admirers and users via online brand community. Attitude and behavior of online brand community members can be crucial to overall brand competitive advantage.  This is because brand image and reputation can be praised or tarnished just by one click from the members. Hence, owner of the brand should understand how online brand community commitment could affect overall brand performance. This study attempts to examine how brand trust and brand community commitment among online brand community will affect their brand resonance behavior namely brand referral and intention to purchase new product of the brand in the future. The study among 167 members of online brand community indicate that brand trust and brand community commitment play a significant roles in determining brand community behavior such as brand referral and intention to purchase new product.  Discussion and recommendation for future research direction also were discussed in this article.   Keywords:  Online Brand Community, Brand Resonance Behavior, Brand Loyalty JEL Classifications: M31, M37 https://econjournals.com/index.php/irmm/article/view/3455
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