A structured approach to reputation management as a contributor to corporate reputation performance and financial performance
Date
2005
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Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch Business School
Abstract
What does corporate reputation entail? Does a strong positive reputation lead to business success? Can a
positive reputation be created and managed in a structured way? And, if so, how?
The main aim of the study is to investigate whether a structured approach to corporate reputation management
exists in South African JSE-tisted companies operating in the services sector and, if so, how it is managed by
these companies. The following will be investigated:
• Firstly, the financial performance of companies in the services sector according to certain well-known
ratios will be determined.
• Secondly, the study will investigate whether there is a difference in the reputation management
behaviour of companies with a good financial performance versus those with a poor performance, and
what these differences entail.
• Thirdly, the phenomenon of corporate reputation will be investigated, and the corporate reputation of
companies in both the top and bottom groupings will be measured among members of two of their key
stakeholder groups.
• Finally, the relationship between corporate reputation performance and financial performance in these
service companies will be investigated.
• The study aims to prove that it is possible to predict which reputation management practices (a
structured approach) by organisations has a positive impact on corporate reputation performance and
financial performance.
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Corporate reputation, Financial performance, Corporations -- Public relations, Corporate image