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International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences

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Determinants of Corporate Reputation: A Study of Consumers’ Perspective of Malaysian Aviation Company

Su-Lin Tay, Tak-Jie Chan, Nurul Ain Mohd Hasan

http://dx.doi.org/10.6007/IJARBSS/v10-i11/7972

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This study examined the predicting factors of selected facets of RepTrak™ reputation model (products/services, innovation, citizenship, leadership, performance) and corporate reputation of Malaysia Airlines Berhad, from consumers’ perspective. Utilizing the Fombrun’s (2006) RepTrakTM reputation model, this model served as a guide to the study. Survey questionnaires were used to gather the data, in which the researchers distributed the questionnaires online and in-person to the Malaysia Airlines consumers who had prior encounters with the airline company. A 173 valid responses were yielded as the results. The collected data was then analysed through Pearson’s Product-Moment Correlation and Multiple Regression using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 24.0. The findings of the Pearson’s product-moment correlation analysis showed that the associations between product and services, innovation, citizenship, performance, and corporate reputation have a significantly positive moderate relationship. Meanwhile, the correlations between leadership and corporate reputation have a significantly positive high relationship. In addition, multiple regression analysis revealed that products/services, innovation, citizenship, leadership, and performance were the significant predicting variables, which explained 71.9 % of the variance of corporate reputation. Conclusion, limitations, suggestions, and implications of this study were discussed.

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In-Text Citation: (Tay, Chan, & Hasan, 2020)
To Cite this Article: Tay, S-L., Chan, T-J., & Hasan, N. A. M. (2020). Determinants of Corporate Reputation: A Study of Consumers’ Perspective of Malaysian Aviation Company. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences. 10(11), 756-770.