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CB Bhattacharya, H Rao, MA Glynn - Journal of marketing, 1995 - journals.sagepub.com

Understanding the bond of identification: An investigation of its correlates among art museum members.

Build and Broaden 3.0 AND Program Evaluation

Bhattacharya, Glynn, Rao

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Identification is defined as the “perceived oneness with or belongingness to an organization” of which the person is a member. The authors propose that customers, in their role as members, identify with organizations. They use social identity theory to propose and test a model that relates members' identification with the focal organization to (1) organizational and product characteristics,(2) members' affiliation characteristics, and (3) members' activity characteristics. Their empirical setting consists of the members of an art museum. Their …

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