The factor structure of core university brand equity
by Hisham Hamid Hawass
Middle East J. of Management (MEJM), Vol. 3, No. 3, 2016

Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to check the validity of the core university brand equity scale (Pinar et al., 2014) in the context of the Egyptian higher education. It compares the original five first-order factor structure of the construct with an alternative second-order factor model of university brand equity. The study applied a confirmatory factor analysis on a sample of 877 undergraduate students at three public universities in Egypt. A printed questionnaire was provided to students across eleven independent classes. The CFA findings reveal that the five-first order factor structure which was suggested by Pinar et al. (2014) fits the data reasonably, and was more valid than that of the second order structure. The study also suggests areas where the core UBE scale can be further refined. The core university brand equity scale is considered the first in the higher education literature.

Online publication date: Thu, 13-Oct-2016

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