Examining the effects of celebrity negative publicity on attitude to, and reputation of brand and corporation, directly and based on moderating factors

Hussain, Shahzeb, Pascaru, Olga, Priporas, Constantinos-Vasilios ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1061-4279, Foroudi, Pantea ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4000-7023, Melewar, T. C. and Dennis, Charles ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8793-4823 (2023) Examining the effects of celebrity negative publicity on attitude to, and reputation of brand and corporation, directly and based on moderating factors. European Business Review . ISSN 0955-534X [Article] (Published online first) (doi:10.1108/ebr-05-2022-0098)

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Abstract

Purpose
This study examines the effects of celebrity negative publicity on attitude towards brand, corporation, brand reputation, and corporate reputation, both directly and through the moderating effects of social media involvement, brand commitment, identification, and attribution (both types). Associative network theory has been used to explain these effects.

Design/methodology/approach
A quantitative survey of 550 respondents was carried out in London and surrounding areas. Structural equation modeling was used to analyse the data.

Findings
The findings suggest that celebrity negative publicity affects brand reputation and corporate reputation. Further, the moderating effects of social media involvement and brand commitment on attitude towards brand and corporation, identification on attitude towards brand, attribution types on attitude towards corporation were not found.

Originality/value
To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first paper to examine the effects of celebrity negative publicity on attitudes towards brand, attitude towards corporation, brand reputation, and corporation reputation, directly, and through the moderating effects of attribution (both types), identification, commitment, and social media. Findings from this study will minimise the gap in the literature on the topic and will help managers and policy makers to understand the effects of celebrity negative publicity in detail.

Item Type: Article
Theme:
Keywords (uncontrolled): Celebrity negative publicity, attitude towards brand, attitude towards corporation, brand reputation, corporate reputation, moderators
Research Areas: A. > Business School
Item ID: 37632
Notes on copyright: Copyright © 2023, Emerald Publishing Limited
This author accepted manuscript is deposited under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY) licence. This means that anyone may distribute, adapt, and build upon the work for non-commercial purposes, subject to full attribution.
Depositing User: Jisc Publications Router
Date Deposited: 13 Mar 2023 09:49
Last Modified: 06 Jun 2023 04:29
URI: https://eprints.mdx.ac.uk/id/eprint/37632

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