Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/297487 
Year of Publication: 
2019
Citation: 
[Journal:] Contemporary Economics [ISSN:] 2300-8814 [Volume:] 13 [Issue:] 3 [Year:] 2019 [Pages:] 317-334
Publisher: 
University of Finance and Management in Warsaw, Faculty of Management and Finance, Warsaw
Abstract: 
This research aims to develop the model of corporate social responsibility (CSR) image in building brand equity as empirical support for the model proposed by Chahal and Sharma (2006) and Hoeffler and Keller (2002). Data from 564 individual potential consumers were collected using on-line and off-line surveys and were analyzed by implementing the two-step approach of structural equation modeling (SEM). The main finding is that CSR communication has a greater role in creating brand equity than CSR dimensions and company credibility. A new and important finding is that CSR image acts as a mediating variable. These results imply that CSR communication is a strategic tool to eliminate stakeholders' skepticism toward CSR activity, consequently building strong brand equity value. Some practical implications and avenues for future research are also explained.
Subjects: 
CSR Image
Brand Equity
Company Credibility
and CSR Communication
JEL: 
M14
M21
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Document Type: 
Article

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