Key elements in defining Barcelona’s place values: the contribution of residents’ perceptions from an internal place branding perspective

According to numerous authors, residents play a decisive role in any place branding strategy, although paradoxically, they have played little or no role in the implementation of place branding strategies in recent years. It is for this reason that this study emphasises so-called “internal place bran...

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Autores: Compte-Pujol, Marc, San-Eugenio-Vela, Jordi de, Frigola Reig, Joan
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:España
Institución:Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC)
Repositorio:O2, repositorio institucional de la UOC
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https://doi.org/10.1057/s41254-017-0081-7
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Palabra clave:Barcelona
place residents
place identity
stakeholders
internal place branding
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spelling Key elements in defining Barcelona’s place values: the contribution of residents’ perceptions from an internal place branding perspectiveCompte-Pujol, MarcSan-Eugenio-Vela, Jordi deFrigola Reig, JoanBarcelonaplace residentsplace identitystakeholdersinternal place brandingAccording to numerous authors, residents play a decisive role in any place branding strategy, although paradoxically, they have played little or no role in the implementation of place branding strategies in recent years. It is for this reason that this study emphasises so-called “internal place branding”. Furthermore, we aim to determine whether the outwardly projected attributes of Barcelona (Spain) correspond to the attributes held by its residents. To achieve this aim, we undertook a cross-sectional descriptive study using a mixed method survey questionnaire in order to measure residents’ perceptions, with both open-ended and closed-ended questions. We selected 300 participants using the snowball sampling strategy. Results showed that residents of Barcelona, as a whole, perceived their city as cultural, creative, cosmopolitan, touristic, entertaining and friendly, attributes that closely match those projected by the city over recent decades. However, we also found a certain distancing of residents with respect to other values projected by Brand Barcelona. We believe this study provides important managerial implications not only for Barcelona’s brand managers, but also for professionals all over the world seeking to work with internal place branding.Springer Nature202420242017info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersionapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10609/150653https://doi.org/10.1057/s41254-017-0081-7reponame:O2, repositorio institucional de la UOCinstname:Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC)InglésPlace Branding and Public Diplomacy, 2018, 14https://doi.org/10.1057/s41254-017-0081-7© Springer Natureinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:openaccess.uoc.edu:10609/1506532026-05-28T12:42:01Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Key elements in defining Barcelona’s place values: the contribution of residents’ perceptions from an internal place branding perspective
title Key elements in defining Barcelona’s place values: the contribution of residents’ perceptions from an internal place branding perspective
spellingShingle Key elements in defining Barcelona’s place values: the contribution of residents’ perceptions from an internal place branding perspective
Compte-Pujol, Marc
Barcelona
place residents
place identity
stakeholders
internal place branding
title_short Key elements in defining Barcelona’s place values: the contribution of residents’ perceptions from an internal place branding perspective
title_full Key elements in defining Barcelona’s place values: the contribution of residents’ perceptions from an internal place branding perspective
title_fullStr Key elements in defining Barcelona’s place values: the contribution of residents’ perceptions from an internal place branding perspective
title_full_unstemmed Key elements in defining Barcelona’s place values: the contribution of residents’ perceptions from an internal place branding perspective
title_sort Key elements in defining Barcelona’s place values: the contribution of residents’ perceptions from an internal place branding perspective
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Compte-Pujol, Marc
San-Eugenio-Vela, Jordi de
Frigola Reig, Joan
author Compte-Pujol, Marc
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San-Eugenio-Vela, Jordi de
Frigola Reig, Joan
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Frigola Reig, Joan
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Barcelona
place residents
place identity
stakeholders
internal place branding
topic Barcelona
place residents
place identity
stakeholders
internal place branding
description According to numerous authors, residents play a decisive role in any place branding strategy, although paradoxically, they have played little or no role in the implementation of place branding strategies in recent years. It is for this reason that this study emphasises so-called “internal place branding”. Furthermore, we aim to determine whether the outwardly projected attributes of Barcelona (Spain) correspond to the attributes held by its residents. To achieve this aim, we undertook a cross-sectional descriptive study using a mixed method survey questionnaire in order to measure residents’ perceptions, with both open-ended and closed-ended questions. We selected 300 participants using the snowball sampling strategy. Results showed that residents of Barcelona, as a whole, perceived their city as cultural, creative, cosmopolitan, touristic, entertaining and friendly, attributes that closely match those projected by the city over recent decades. However, we also found a certain distancing of residents with respect to other values projected by Brand Barcelona. We believe this study provides important managerial implications not only for Barcelona’s brand managers, but also for professionals all over the world seeking to work with internal place branding.
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