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http://dx.doi.org/10.14400/JDC.2014.12.5.203

CSR publicity and Moderating Effect of Media Credibility  

Yoon, Chal-Hyuk (Dept. of Business Administration, Kumoh National Institute of Technology)
Kim, Gwi-Gon (Dept. of Business Administration, Kumoh National Institute of Technology)
Enkhchimeg, Tsedendorj (Dept. of Business Administration, Kumoh National Institute of Technology)
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Journal of Digital Convergence / v.12, no.5, 2014 , pp. 203-211 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to test the influence of CSR publicity(positive vs. negative) on the corporate image and customer loyalty. Especially this study is focused on the moderating effect of media credibility and the mediating effect of corporate image between CSR publicity and customer loyalty. The results of this study are as follows. 1) The influence of CSR publicity on the corporate image appears more in the negative information than the positive one. 2) The moderating effect appears in media credibility. Namely, in the case of positive CSR information, the influence of CSR publicity on the corporate image appears high only in high credibility of media, but it does not in low media credibility. Whereas, in the negative information, there is no differences of negative influence on the corporate image nevertheless of media credibility. 3) The higher the corporate image is, the higher the customer loyalty is. The results of this study implicate that credibility of CSR publicity is very important factor on the corporate image and customer loyalty and media credibility is another one in credibility of CSR publicity.
Keywords
CSR publicity; media credibility; corporate image; customer loyalty;
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