Participating anonymous online student communities and university brand relationship outcomes

Besides official social pages of organizations, the anonymous online consumer communities are emerging phenomena. Participating these communities may affect the relationship between consumers and brands. Focusing on the higher education context, where consumers and brands have strong relationship, t...

Descripción completa

Guardado en:
Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Tri D. Le, Linh Le, Quynh Phan, Khoa T. Tran, Phuong Nguyen
Formato: article
Lenguaje:EN
Publicado: Taylor & Francis Group 2021
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/d3a3a7408a284a0dbc232db95035cc1f
Etiquetas: Agregar Etiqueta
Sin Etiquetas, Sea el primero en etiquetar este registro!
id oai:doaj.org-article:d3a3a7408a284a0dbc232db95035cc1f
record_format dspace
spelling oai:doaj.org-article:d3a3a7408a284a0dbc232db95035cc1f2021-12-02T18:17:07ZParticipating anonymous online student communities and university brand relationship outcomes2331-197510.1080/23311975.2021.1947558https://doaj.org/article/d3a3a7408a284a0dbc232db95035cc1f2021-01-01T00:00:00Zhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23311975.2021.1947558https://doaj.org/toc/2331-1975Besides official social pages of organizations, the anonymous online consumer communities are emerging phenomena. Participating these communities may affect the relationship between consumers and brands. Focusing on the higher education context, where consumers and brands have strong relationship, this work examines the impact of participating “Confessions pages”- the anonymous community on the brand relationship outcomes. Quantitative data were collected from 480 university students in Ho Chi Minh city who have followed Confessions pages. Findings indicate that online interaction propensity in university confessions page and attitude toward confessions page have no relationship with brand relational outcomes while higher education involvement has significant impact on satisfaction and image. The research explores the effect of anonymous online communities on brand and provide suggestions for universities to deal with this emerging phenomenon.Tri D. LeLinh LeQuynh PhanKhoa T. TranPhuong NguyenTaylor & Francis Grouparticleanonymous online communitiesstudent satisfactionuniversity imagestudent loyaltystudent trustBusinessHF5001-6182Management. Industrial managementHD28-70ENCogent Business & Management, Vol 8, Iss 1 (2021)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic anonymous online communities
student satisfaction
university image
student loyalty
student trust
Business
HF5001-6182
Management. Industrial management
HD28-70
spellingShingle anonymous online communities
student satisfaction
university image
student loyalty
student trust
Business
HF5001-6182
Management. Industrial management
HD28-70
Tri D. Le
Linh Le
Quynh Phan
Khoa T. Tran
Phuong Nguyen
Participating anonymous online student communities and university brand relationship outcomes
description Besides official social pages of organizations, the anonymous online consumer communities are emerging phenomena. Participating these communities may affect the relationship between consumers and brands. Focusing on the higher education context, where consumers and brands have strong relationship, this work examines the impact of participating “Confessions pages”- the anonymous community on the brand relationship outcomes. Quantitative data were collected from 480 university students in Ho Chi Minh city who have followed Confessions pages. Findings indicate that online interaction propensity in university confessions page and attitude toward confessions page have no relationship with brand relational outcomes while higher education involvement has significant impact on satisfaction and image. The research explores the effect of anonymous online communities on brand and provide suggestions for universities to deal with this emerging phenomenon.
format article
author Tri D. Le
Linh Le
Quynh Phan
Khoa T. Tran
Phuong Nguyen
author_facet Tri D. Le
Linh Le
Quynh Phan
Khoa T. Tran
Phuong Nguyen
author_sort Tri D. Le
title Participating anonymous online student communities and university brand relationship outcomes
title_short Participating anonymous online student communities and university brand relationship outcomes
title_full Participating anonymous online student communities and university brand relationship outcomes
title_fullStr Participating anonymous online student communities and university brand relationship outcomes
title_full_unstemmed Participating anonymous online student communities and university brand relationship outcomes
title_sort participating anonymous online student communities and university brand relationship outcomes
publisher Taylor & Francis Group
publishDate 2021
url https://doaj.org/article/d3a3a7408a284a0dbc232db95035cc1f
work_keys_str_mv AT tridle participatinganonymousonlinestudentcommunitiesanduniversitybrandrelationshipoutcomes
AT linhle participatinganonymousonlinestudentcommunitiesanduniversitybrandrelationshipoutcomes
AT quynhphan participatinganonymousonlinestudentcommunitiesanduniversitybrandrelationshipoutcomes
AT khoattran participatinganonymousonlinestudentcommunitiesanduniversitybrandrelationshipoutcomes
AT phuongnguyen participatinganonymousonlinestudentcommunitiesanduniversitybrandrelationshipoutcomes
_version_ 1718378301358080000