Assessing corporate brand equity of public universities

Brand equity studies focus heavily on the brands of profit-based organisations. Similarly in Malaysia, while there have been a number of studies on leading brands owned by profit-based organisations (e.g. Petronas, Air Asia and Maxis), few studies have explored branding in relation to not-for-prof...

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Main Authors: Md Noor, Shuhaida, Abdul Manan, Kamaruzzaman, Abdul Kuthoos, Haja Mydin
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spelling iium-788872020-02-19T09:22:34Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/78887/ Assessing corporate brand equity of public universities Md Noor, Shuhaida Abdul Manan, Kamaruzzaman Abdul Kuthoos, Haja Mydin LB2300 Higher Education Brand equity studies focus heavily on the brands of profit-based organisations. Similarly in Malaysia, while there have been a number of studies on leading brands owned by profit-based organisations (e.g. Petronas, Air Asia and Maxis), few studies have explored branding in relation to not-for-profit organisations, such as public universities. Public universities tend not to place too high a priority on their brand development because they often lack an understanding of the significance of brand equity. The increased pressure on public universities to compete in the highly competitive higher education market, however, is slowly changing this perception. Therefore, this study will offer some preliminary insights into the dimensions contributing to the corporate brand equity of a public university in Malaysia, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM). This study illustrates how metrics can be used to assess the brand of a public research university and can facilitate the development of corporate brand equity metric for institutions of higher education. Data collection was conducted using the survey method, distributing questionnaires to 400 students from eight local public universities. The findings of this study indicate that the dimensions of awareness, quality of service, trust and relevance have a positive relationship with USM’s corporate brand equity. These findings may help to guide future researchers in understanding the dimensions of brand equity in relation to public universities. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Press 2019 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/78887/1/78887_Assessing%20corporate%20brand%20equity.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/78887/2/78887_Assessing%20corporate%20brand%20equity_SCOPUS.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/78887/13/78887_Assessing%20corporate%20brand%20equity_WOS.pdf Md Noor, Shuhaida and Abdul Manan, Kamaruzzaman and Abdul Kuthoos, Haja Mydin (2019) Assessing corporate brand equity of public universities. Jurnal Komunikasi: Malaysian Journal of Communication, 35 (3). pp. 283-299. ISSN 2289-151X E-ISSN 2289-1528 http://ejournals.ukm.my/mjc/article/view/35203/9843 10.17576/JKMJC-2019-3503-17
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Md Noor, Shuhaida
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Abdul Kuthoos, Haja Mydin
Assessing corporate brand equity of public universities
description Brand equity studies focus heavily on the brands of profit-based organisations. Similarly in Malaysia, while there have been a number of studies on leading brands owned by profit-based organisations (e.g. Petronas, Air Asia and Maxis), few studies have explored branding in relation to not-for-profit organisations, such as public universities. Public universities tend not to place too high a priority on their brand development because they often lack an understanding of the significance of brand equity. The increased pressure on public universities to compete in the highly competitive higher education market, however, is slowly changing this perception. Therefore, this study will offer some preliminary insights into the dimensions contributing to the corporate brand equity of a public university in Malaysia, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM). This study illustrates how metrics can be used to assess the brand of a public research university and can facilitate the development of corporate brand equity metric for institutions of higher education. Data collection was conducted using the survey method, distributing questionnaires to 400 students from eight local public universities. The findings of this study indicate that the dimensions of awareness, quality of service, trust and relevance have a positive relationship with USM’s corporate brand equity. These findings may help to guide future researchers in understanding the dimensions of brand equity in relation to public universities.
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author Md Noor, Shuhaida
Abdul Manan, Kamaruzzaman
Abdul Kuthoos, Haja Mydin
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Abdul Manan, Kamaruzzaman
Abdul Kuthoos, Haja Mydin
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title Assessing corporate brand equity of public universities
title_short Assessing corporate brand equity of public universities
title_full Assessing corporate brand equity of public universities
title_fullStr Assessing corporate brand equity of public universities
title_full_unstemmed Assessing corporate brand equity of public universities
title_sort assessing corporate brand equity of public universities
publisher Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Press
publishDate 2019
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/78887/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/78887/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/78887/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/78887/1/78887_Assessing%20corporate%20brand%20equity.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/78887/2/78887_Assessing%20corporate%20brand%20equity_SCOPUS.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/78887/13/78887_Assessing%20corporate%20brand%20equity_WOS.pdf
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