Alliances Between Brands and Social Causes: The Influence
of Company Credibility on Social Responsibility Image |
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Authors: | Enrique Bigné Alcañiz Ruben Chumpitaz Cáceres Rafael Currás Pérez |
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Institution: | 1.Department of Marketing,University of Valencia,Valencia,Spain;2.IESEG School of Management, CNRS-LEM (UMR 8179),Lille Catholic University,Lille,France;3.ESAN University,Lima,Peru |
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Abstract: | This research extends previous findings related to the positive influence of company credibility on a social Cause–Brand Alliance’s
(CBA) persuasion mechanism. This study analyzes the mediating role of two dimensions of company credibility (trustworthiness
and expertise) with regard to the influence of altruistic attributions and two types of brand–cause fit (functional and image
fit) on corporate social responsibility image. A structural equation model tests the proposed framework with a sample of 299
consumers, and the results suggest that (1) image fit and altruistic attribution are cues that consumers use to evaluate company
trustworthiness when linking to a social cause; (2) functional fit significantly influences perceived company expertise but
not trustworthiness; and (3) trustworthiness has more weight than expertise in judgments about corporate social responsibility. |
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