Imagem corporativa de instituições bancárias: uma proposta de escala para sua mensuração

Abstract

The image works like element of symbolic mediation between the organization and its stakeholders, having recognized its influence as a factor in overall evaluation, notably when the distinction based on specific attributes of different offerings becomes particularly difficult to be prepared for these audiences. Thus, this study has the objective to develop a scale to measure the corporate image of an agency of Banco do Brasil S.A. The research is characterized as quantitative. For achievement of goals stipulated were set the following methodological procedures: (i) exploratory data analysis through descriptive statistics and exploratory factor analysis, to identify the underlying variables of the model; (ii) analysis of the reliability of the scale (Cronbach's alpha). As results, it was possible to realize the important impact that the dimension “security” in the determination of the Agency's Bank image, of Banco do Brasil S.A. As conclusions, it was emerged that the Bank's corporate image is revealed from a set of bindings: 20 (twenty) variables grouped into five dimensions (safety, personal contact, services offered, identity and funding policy)