Abstract

Internal branding, which asserts that the employees who accept brand promise, values and characteristics can better present the brand to the external customer, has emerged as a marketing element that has gained importance in recent years. Thanks to the internal branding that takes place in the literature with the importance of internal marketing, enterprises gain competitive advantage in today's market conditions and increase employess loyalty to the company by identifying with the brand. The main purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between internal branding and brand citizenship behavior and intent to stay, and also to reveal the relationship between internal motivation and these variables. Within the scope of the research, 470 five-star accommodation establishment employees have been reached in order to evaluate their internal branding activities in five-star accommodation establishments in the Marmara Region, and the data obtained were analyzed with the structural equation model. As a result of the analysis, it is seen that internal branding elements have a positive effect on brand citizenship behavior and intention to stay. In addition, there is a positive relationship between internal motivation and brand citizenship behavior and intention to stay.