Investigating the role of identification for social networking Facebook brand pages

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Highlights:

• This study highlights the multiple roles of identification in a Facebook context.

• Identification is targeted at: a brand’s Facebook page, the users, and the brand.

• The targets of identification have differential effects on brand page and brand.

• Separating identification targets has numerous managerial diagnostic benefits.

摘要

•This study highlights the multiple roles of identification in a Facebook context.•Identification is targeted at: a brand’s Facebook page, the users, and the brand.•The targets of identification have differential effects on brand page and brand.•Separating identification targets has numerous managerial diagnostic benefits.

论文关键词:Identification,Customer loyalty,Social media,Facebook,Partial least squares path modeling,PLS-PM

论文评审过程:Received 9 September 2017, Revised 15 January 2018, Accepted 28 January 2018, Available online 20 February 2018, Version of Record 28 February 2018.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2018.01.033