1998
DOI: 10.1362/026725798784867563
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Investing in People: Internal Marketing and Corporate Culture

Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to explore the role of internal marketing in influencing corporate culture. The need for organisations to focus on human resources towards developing a marketing orientation is well recognised. The tactics for achieving this objective, however, have yet to be proven. This paper reports on the use of the Investors In People (IIP) initiative as a framework for internal marketing in changing the prevailing culture of an organisation. Within this initiative enlightened employers must c… Show more

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“…Internal marketing has been used particularly in service organisations and in particular to change corporate culture and to support organisational change (Gummesson, 1987;Hogg et al, 1998;Arnett et al, 2002), increase organisational commitment (Caruana & Calleya, 1998;Chang & Chang, 2009), to improve service quality to the end consumer (Lings & Brooks, 1998) and as a source of competitive advantage (Varey & Lewis, 1999). In addition, internal communications have also been highlighted as a way to influence employee behaviours and to support corporate change (Elving, 2006;Proctor & Doukakis, 2003).…”
Section: Social Marketing Campaigns and Involvementmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Internal marketing has been used particularly in service organisations and in particular to change corporate culture and to support organisational change (Gummesson, 1987;Hogg et al, 1998;Arnett et al, 2002), increase organisational commitment (Caruana & Calleya, 1998;Chang & Chang, 2009), to improve service quality to the end consumer (Lings & Brooks, 1998) and as a source of competitive advantage (Varey & Lewis, 1999). In addition, internal communications have also been highlighted as a way to influence employee behaviours and to support corporate change (Elving, 2006;Proctor & Doukakis, 2003).…”
Section: Social Marketing Campaigns and Involvementmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Although organizational culture has been entrenched in many firms, culture has still been suggested to have the ability to be evolved by employee attitudes about the way a firm communicates to the external audience (Hogg et al, 1998). In other words, the methods a company utilizes to advertise and communicate its brands to the external constituents may affect the employees' perceptions of how things operate internally; thus, changing the corporate culture.…”
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“…Follow-up research must be conducted in order to determine effectiveness and assist in the recognition in changes of the environment (Hogg et al, 1998).…”
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confidence: 99%