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Aaker’s brand personality scale is not universal – Explanation and reasons for bikes in India

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  • Vinod Kumar Bishnoi
  • Ajay Kumar

    (Central University of Haryana)

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Brand Personality as a metaphor has been topic of interest for scholars especially after Aaker’s influential work. This study is an empirical comment on generalization of brand personality scale for bikes in India. The study revealed that BPS is not applicable in India in its present form. Ten items (‘down to earth’, ‘family oriented’, ‘small town’, ‘feminine’, ‘smooth’, ‘sincere’, ‘western’, ‘successful’, ‘sentimental’ and ‘independent’) from BPS were found to be not applicable for brand personality of bikes in India. The study argues that culture, social setting, non-anthropomorphism for certain traits and product misfits to be the potential reasons for non-applicability.

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  • Vinod Kumar Bishnoi & Ajay Kumar, 2016. "Aaker’s brand personality scale is not universal – Explanation and reasons for bikes in India," Journal of Marketing Analytics, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 4(1), pages 14-27, March.
  • Handle: RePEc:pal:jmarka:v:4:y:2016:i:1:d:10.1057_jma.2016.3
    DOI: 10.1057/jma.2016.3
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