The Relational Value of Perceived Brand Globalness and Localness
- Author(s)
- Christina Sichtmann, Vasileios Davvetas, Adamantios Diamantopoulos
- Abstract
Despite the well-documented importance of consumer-brand relationships, international branding research has not yet investigated whether a brand's perceived globalness and localness influence consumers' identification with the brand. Drawing on brand relationship theory and global/local branding literature, the present research theorizes on how perceived brand globalness and localness influence consumer-brand relationship building and discusses how these influences vary for brands of domestic versus foreign origin. Two studies in mature and emerging markets, using several brands across multiple product categories, reveal that both perceived brand globalness and localness have positive effects on consumer-brand identification. These effects (1) hold in both mature and emerging market settings, (2) are independent of brand quality assessments, (3) interact in a mutually-reinforcing way, and (4) are moderated by brand origin in a substitutional manner indicating that the relational effects of brand localness (globalness) are stronger for foreign (domestic) than for domestic (foreign) brands.
- Organisation(s)
- Department of Accounting, Innovation and Strategy
- External organisation(s)
- University of Leeds
- Journal
- Journal of Business Research
- Volume
- 104
- Pages
- 597-613
- No. of pages
- 17
- ISSN
- 0148-2963
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2018.10.025
- Publication date
- 10-2018
- Peer reviewed
- Yes
- Austrian Fields of Science 2012
- 502052 Business administration, 502019 Marketing
- Keywords
- ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Marketing
- Portal url
- https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/720e05b4-ab04-40c7-808e-b7bfa8445139