Mediating effects of students’ social bonds between self-esteem and customer citizenship behaviour in the context of international university branch campuses
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to offer empirical evidence on the role of self-esteem and social bonding in explaining citizenship behaviour of students at international university branch campuses (IBCs). Design/methodology/approach: A sample of 400 students from four IBCs in Malaysia was adm...
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author | Tan, V. Quoquab, F. Ahmad, F. S. Mohammad, J. |
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description | Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to offer empirical evidence on the role of self-esteem and social bonding in explaining citizenship behaviour of students at international university branch campuses (IBCs). Design/methodology/approach: A sample of 400 students from four IBCs in Malaysia was administered in a questionnaire. Data were analysed using SPSS and partial least squares 3.0. Findings: This research demonstrates that students’ self-esteem and social bonds have positive direct effects on customer citizenship behaviour (CCB). Moreover, self-esteem has an indirect effect on CCB via intervening of attachment, commitment and involvement of social bonds. Research limitations/implications: CCB of IBC students can be explained by self-consistency theory via mediation of social bonds from social bonding theory. Practical implications: To encourage CCB in IBCs, university management should target students who have high self-esteem, closely tied to parents and lecturers, committed to university, highly involved in co-curricular activities and comply with university regulations. Originality/value: Greater understanding of students’ citizenship behaviour may help transnational universities to improve relationship marketing strategy and enhance students’ campus experience. |
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spelling | utm.eprints-754112018-03-22T11:08:10Z http://eprints.utm.my/75411/ Mediating effects of students’ social bonds between self-esteem and customer citizenship behaviour in the context of international university branch campuses Tan, V. Quoquab, F. Ahmad, F. S. Mohammad, J. HF Commerce Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to offer empirical evidence on the role of self-esteem and social bonding in explaining citizenship behaviour of students at international university branch campuses (IBCs). Design/methodology/approach: A sample of 400 students from four IBCs in Malaysia was administered in a questionnaire. Data were analysed using SPSS and partial least squares 3.0. Findings: This research demonstrates that students’ self-esteem and social bonds have positive direct effects on customer citizenship behaviour (CCB). Moreover, self-esteem has an indirect effect on CCB via intervening of attachment, commitment and involvement of social bonds. Research limitations/implications: CCB of IBC students can be explained by self-consistency theory via mediation of social bonds from social bonding theory. Practical implications: To encourage CCB in IBCs, university management should target students who have high self-esteem, closely tied to parents and lecturers, committed to university, highly involved in co-curricular activities and comply with university regulations. Originality/value: Greater understanding of students’ citizenship behaviour may help transnational universities to improve relationship marketing strategy and enhance students’ campus experience. Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. 2017 Article PeerReviewed Tan, V. and Quoquab, F. and Ahmad, F. S. and Mohammad, J. (2017) Mediating effects of students’ social bonds between self-esteem and customer citizenship behaviour in the context of international university branch campuses. Asia Pacific Journal of Marketing and Logistics, 29 (2). pp. 305-329. ISSN 1355-5855 https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85016281348&doi=10.1108%2fAPJML-05-2016-0087&partnerID=40&md5=475ffe1bc37bf34dd32a9ccbc149031d |
spellingShingle | HF Commerce Tan, V. Quoquab, F. Ahmad, F. S. Mohammad, J. Mediating effects of students’ social bonds between self-esteem and customer citizenship behaviour in the context of international university branch campuses |
title | Mediating effects of students’ social bonds between self-esteem and customer citizenship behaviour in the context of international university branch campuses |
title_full | Mediating effects of students’ social bonds between self-esteem and customer citizenship behaviour in the context of international university branch campuses |
title_fullStr | Mediating effects of students’ social bonds between self-esteem and customer citizenship behaviour in the context of international university branch campuses |
title_full_unstemmed | Mediating effects of students’ social bonds between self-esteem and customer citizenship behaviour in the context of international university branch campuses |
title_short | Mediating effects of students’ social bonds between self-esteem and customer citizenship behaviour in the context of international university branch campuses |
title_sort | mediating effects of students social bonds between self esteem and customer citizenship behaviour in the context of international university branch campuses |
topic | HF Commerce |
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