A cognitive approach to understanding university image
Corporate Communications: An International Journal
ISSN: 1356-3289
Article publication date: 1 June 2003
Abstract
This study employed a cognitive psychological approach to examining a little studied phenomenon – university image – among two groups of evaluators. The study found that different groups used different criteria when rating ten major US universities. Found to significantly predict the image of the universities among a sample of current university students were three factors: academic factors, athletic factors, and the extent of news coverage of the university. Found to significantly predict the image of the same universities among an adult, non‐student sample were four factors: a combined factor including all university attributes (including academic and athletic); the extent of news coverage; the education level of respondents; and the respondents’ level of sports fanship. Recent research in attitude structure is used to explain how different image criteria are recalled and employed by the different groups.
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Citation
Arpan, L.M., Raney, A.A. and Zivnuska, S. (2003), "A cognitive approach to understanding university image", Corporate Communications: An International Journal, Vol. 8 No. 2, pp. 97-113. https://doi.org/10.1108/1356328031047535
Publisher
:MCB UP Ltd
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