@phdthesis{Ravens2014, author = {Ravens, Christina}, title = {Internal brand management in an international context}, url = {http://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-658-00754-6}, institution = {Chair of Marketing Management and Sustainability}, year = {2014}, abstract = {Employees with a sound knowledge of strong commitments to a brand are likely to display behaviors that conform to a brand's identity, so called brand citizenship behavior. Organizations have access to various internal branding instruments that support commitment structures but multinational corporations are challenged by a diverse workforce eironment. Christina Ravens analyzes the relevance of these instruments across a German, Chinese and North American sample. This research further shows the impact on individual's cultural values on brand commitment which is an antecedent to brand citizenship behavior.}, language = {en} }