Hammerl, Manfred; Dorner, Florian; Foscht, Thomas; … - In: Journal of Consumer Marketing 33 (2016) 1, pp. 32-40
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the role played by both, self-brand connection and reference groups, in attributing symbolic meaning to a brand. Current studies focus either on the influence of reference groups or on the role of self-brand connection. We demonstrate that both...