Brand Personality As A Predictor Of Consumer Brand Relationship

Keni Keni; Verena Sandra Esmeralda

doi:10.24912/jm.v25i2.736

Authors

Keni Keni Faculty of Economics and Business, University Tarumanagara, Jakarta
Verena Sandra Esmeralda Faculty of Economicsand Business, UniversitasTarumanagara, Jakarta

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24912/jm.v25i2.736

Keywords: brand trust, brand personality, brand love, brand loyalty.

Abstract

The main idea of this paper is to investigate three dimensions of brand personality, which are excitement, sincerity and ruggedness to predict CBR constructs which comprise brand love, brand trust and brand loyalty. A convenience sampling method was utilized, in which the respondents are one of soft drink brandâ€™s consumers based in Jakarta. All data were then gathered through an online survey. In total, 312 participants responded to the survey. Structural equation modelling (SEM), specifically partial least square (PLS) was employed to analyze the data. The results of the data analysis indicate that sincerity, excitement and ruggedness brand personality serve as the positive and significant predictors towards brand trust, brand love and brand loyalty. Both the theoretical and practical contributions are discussed in this study.

Author Biographies

Keni Keni, Faculty of Economics and Business, University Tarumanagara, Jakarta

keni@fe.untar.ac.id

Verena Sandra Esmeralda, Faculty of Economicsand Business, UniversitasTarumanagara, Jakarta

verenasandra97@gmail.com

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