Driving university brand value through social media
Autor: | John Baker, Phan Dinh Nguyen, Lobel Trong Thuy Tran |
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Rok vydání: | 2021 |
Předmět: |
Sociology and Political Science
Higher education business.industry 020209 energy 05 social sciences Perspective (graphical) Warranty Human Factors and Ergonomics 02 engineering and technology Education 0502 economics and business 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering Social media Sociology Brand equity Business and International Management Marketing Future orientation business 050203 business & management Mechanism (sociology) |
Zdroj: | Technology in Society. 65:101588 |
ISSN: | 0160-791X |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.techsoc.2021.101588 |
Popis: | In light of higher education's growing reliance on social media interaction, this study proposes a valid mechanism of social media interaction which includes social media use (SMU) and social media validation (SMV) and analyzes its effects on university brand value. The authors also include future orientation (major offering and career warranty) in the proposed relationship. Drawing on the dynamic capability perspective and based on data from 265 universities' Facebook accounts, the authors found that private universities are more actively engaged in social media interactions than public ones. The findings further indicated that SMU and SMV positively influence university brand value more strongly at high levels of career warranty and major offering, respectively, under the controlling condition of international cooperation capability. Accordingly, implications for educational practitioners and theory are discussed. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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