The Impact of the Employer Brand on Brand Champion Behavior: The Mediator Role of Organizational Identification

Understanding the importance of staff role in service organizations has led them to seek solutions for employee participation in the organization’s branding process and becoming a brand champion. Hence, this reinforces the need to pay attention to the concept of employer branding. Most studies are d...

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Main Authors: Asghar Moshabaki, Amirhosein Taghizadeh
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Published: Allameh Tabataba'i University Press 2019-09-01
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Online Access:https://jmsd.atu.ac.ir/article_10420_8bc18bcc9b5705cda989a3388fd4e770.pdf
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description Understanding the importance of staff role in service organizations has led them to seek solutions for employee participation in the organization’s branding process and becoming a brand champion. Hence, this reinforces the need to pay attention to the concept of employer branding. Most studies are dedicated to the examination of employer branding as a talent attraction technique among potential employees. However, the present research has examined the consequences of the internal employer brand and the effect of employer brand on brand champion behavior through the variable of organizational identification has been investigated. This study is an applied research with descriptive-correlation analytical methodology. This research was carried out among Maskan bank branches in Tehran city and 215 complete questionnaires were gathered. A structural equation modeling approach is employed to examine the relationship posited in this study and hypotheses were analyzed through SmartPLS2 softwares. . The result of research shows that the employer brand has a positive and significant effect on organizational identification. Organizational identification has a positive and significant effect on brand champion behavior and also the employer brand has a positive and significant effect on brand champion behavior.
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spelling doaj.art-727578ef118b4a8d951dbd1f6fc176f72023-12-19T06:50:02ZfasAllameh Tabataba'i University Pressمطالعات مدیریت بهبود و تحول2251-80372476-59882019-09-012893639110.22054/jmsd.2019.1042010420The Impact of the Employer Brand on Brand Champion Behavior: The Mediator Role of Organizational IdentificationAsghar Moshabaki0Amirhosein Taghizadeh1Professor, Business Administration , Management & Economics, Tarbiat Modarres University, Iran, TheranBusiness management,Faculty of Management and Economic,Tarbiat Modares University,Tehran, IranUnderstanding the importance of staff role in service organizations has led them to seek solutions for employee participation in the organization’s branding process and becoming a brand champion. Hence, this reinforces the need to pay attention to the concept of employer branding. Most studies are dedicated to the examination of employer branding as a talent attraction technique among potential employees. However, the present research has examined the consequences of the internal employer brand and the effect of employer brand on brand champion behavior through the variable of organizational identification has been investigated. This study is an applied research with descriptive-correlation analytical methodology. This research was carried out among Maskan bank branches in Tehran city and 215 complete questionnaires were gathered. A structural equation modeling approach is employed to examine the relationship posited in this study and hypotheses were analyzed through SmartPLS2 softwares. . The result of research shows that the employer brand has a positive and significant effect on organizational identification. Organizational identification has a positive and significant effect on brand champion behavior and also the employer brand has a positive and significant effect on brand champion behavior.https://jmsd.atu.ac.ir/article_10420_8bc18bcc9b5705cda989a3388fd4e770.pdf: employer brandsocial identity theoryorganizational identificationbrand champion behavioremployee brand-building behaviors
spellingShingle Asghar Moshabaki
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The Impact of the Employer Brand on Brand Champion Behavior: The Mediator Role of Organizational Identification
مطالعات مدیریت بهبود و تحول
: employer brand
social identity theory
organizational identification
brand champion behavior
employee brand-building behaviors
title The Impact of the Employer Brand on Brand Champion Behavior: The Mediator Role of Organizational Identification
title_full The Impact of the Employer Brand on Brand Champion Behavior: The Mediator Role of Organizational Identification
title_fullStr The Impact of the Employer Brand on Brand Champion Behavior: The Mediator Role of Organizational Identification
title_full_unstemmed The Impact of the Employer Brand on Brand Champion Behavior: The Mediator Role of Organizational Identification
title_short The Impact of the Employer Brand on Brand Champion Behavior: The Mediator Role of Organizational Identification
title_sort impact of the employer brand on brand champion behavior the mediator role of organizational identification
topic : employer brand
social identity theory
organizational identification
brand champion behavior
employee brand-building behaviors
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