Personal Branding: Interdisciplinary Systematic Review and Research Agenda
Personal branding has become an important concept in management literature in recent years. Yet, with more than 100 scholarly papers published on the concept to date, it has developed into a fragmented area of research with a diversity of definitions and conceptual boundaries. This paper posits that...
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Published in | Frontiers in psychology Vol. 9; p. 2238 |
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Main Authors | , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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Switzerland
Frontiers Media S.A
21.11.2018
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Summary: | Personal branding has become an important concept in management literature in recent years. Yet, with more than 100 scholarly papers published on the concept to date, it has developed into a fragmented area of research with a diversity of definitions and conceptual boundaries. This paper posits that this heterogeneity of extant research impedes theoretical and empirical advancement. To strengthen the foundation for future work, we review the extant literature and offer an integrative model of personal branding. Through our systematic literature review we identify the key attributes of the construct, establish its clarity by comparing it with similar concepts in its nomological network, and suggest the definitions of
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based on the reviewed literature. Further, we propose a theoretical model of personal branding summarizing the findings from the reviewed papers. The proposed model outlines the trends conducive to personal branding, as well as its drivers, processes, and outcomes. Finally, we discuss ethical implications of personal branding for both scholarly work and practice. In conclusion, we outline a further research agenda for studying personal branding as a critical career and organizational behavior activity in contemporary working environment. |
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Bibliography: | ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 This article was submitted to Organizational Psychology, a section of the journal Frontiers in Psychology Edited by: Deborah Anne O'Neil, Bowling Green State University, United States Reviewed by: Ana I. Jiménez-Zarco, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Spain; Teresina Torre, Università di Genova, Italy |
ISSN: | 1664-1078 1664-1078 |
DOI: | 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.02238 |