英文摘要 |
This research investigates how the brand attributes (electronic service quality) influence the online corporate brand image of Web 2.0 sites, and then examines the relationship between online corporate brand image, customer satisfaction and loyalty. 377 valid responses from the users of Wretch were obtained using a survey research and structural equation modeling (SEM) was employed to analyze the collected data. The findings show: (1) Five brand attributes which are ease of use, privacy/security, customer care, system availability and usefulness/fulfillment are significant in determining the corporate brand image of Web 2.0 sites. In particular, usefulness/fulfillment representing the features of Web 2.0 has the most effect in influencing online corporate brand image. (2) There were five dimensions representing the online corporate brand image of Web 2.0 sites. Those are agreeableness, competence, chic, informality and enterprise while agreeableness was found to be important in explaining the online corporate brand image. (3) Online corporate brand image has a positive direct effect on satisfaction and indirect positive (via satisfaction) effect on loyalty. |