 Do professors have customer-based brand equity?Ravi K. Jillapalli and Regina Jillapalli Journal of Marketing for Higher Education, 2014, vol. 24, issue 1, 22-40 Abstract: This research endeavors to understand whether certain professors have customer-based brand equity (CBBE) in the minds of students. Consequently, the purpose of this study is to conceptualize, develop, and empirically test a model of customer-based professor brand equity. Survey data gathered from 465 undergraduate business students were used to test the model. Structural equation modeling (SEM) analysis findings indicate that certain professors do indeed have CBBE and the transference of the brand-building effort can be successfully applied to professors who are willing to be strong brands. The results show that professor brand characteristics - quality of instruction, competence, and reputation - have an influence on students' feelings of attachment to the professor and to the quality of relationships with the professor brand and therefore, professor brand equity. The ultimate goal of most professors is to inculcate lifelong student learning, but this worthy pursuit gains wings through the professor brand-building effort. Date: 2014 Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:taf:jmkthe:v:24:y:2014:i:1:p:22-40 Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from DOI: 10.1080/08841241.2014.909556 Access Statistics for this article Journal of Marketing for Higher Education is currently edited by Dr Jane Hemsley-Brown, Anthony Lowrie and Dr. Thomas Hayes More articles in Journal of Marketing for Higher Education from Taylor & Francis Journals |
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