Journal
JOURNAL OF BUSINESS ETHICS
Volume 100, Issue 4, Pages 673-688Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-010-0703-y
Keywords
service brand loyalty; corporate associations; CSR; brand identification; service quality; customer satisfaction
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This article examines the mediation effect of brand identification and the moderating effect of service quality (SQ) on the effects of corporate social responsibility (CSR) association on service brand performance. A survey of customers of mobile telecommunications services was conducted. The study finds, first, that both CSR and SQ have direct effects on brand identification and customer satisfaction and indirect effects on customer satisfaction (via brand identification) and on service brand loyalty (via customer satisfaction and via brand identification/customer satisfaction). Second, SQ enhances the effect of CSR on brand identification. This study contributes to the literature by incorporating three perspectives of service brand performance - CSR association, SQ, and brand identification - into one general framework that stresses (a) the mediating role of brand identification in predicting customer satisfaction and service brand loyalty; and (b) the interactive effect of CSR and SQ in predicting brand identification.
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